3 did you feel that the justices voted along

3. Did you feel that the justices voted along ideological lines in each of the cases? Why or
why not?

a. Yes. The conservatives voted in favor of the laws, and the liberals voted in favor
of the people. In every court case, each respective party did exactly that.

Part 4: Profile of a Supreme Court Justice
Information
1. Elena Kagan, 2010
2. Professor at the University of Chicago Law School
3. Private practice as an associate at Williams & Connolly Law Firm
4. She completed federal Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Clerkships
5. Princeton, Oxford and Harvard Law School
Voting Behavior
1. Where does your justice fall along the judicial restraint to judicial activism continuum?
2. How can you tell where the justice is along the continuum? What written opinions
provide clues regarding the justice’s position?
3. Is your justice’s ideology? Is he/she considered to be liberal, moderate, or conservative? 4. How can you tell the justice’s ideology? What written opinions provide clues about the
justice’s ideology?
5. With whom does your justice vote most often? 6. With whom does your justice vote least often? 8. Of all the opinions written by your justice, which are considered the most significant?
Why?

a. This justice has not written opinions, but has made some significant votes in
cases.
Paper
This paper must be 2–3 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, 1 in margins. (This does not include
your reference page.)
Add a reference page at the end of your paper that cites all of the sources you used. This paper
should have at least 3 sources. You should follow the MLA style guide in writing your paper and
reference page.
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan was born on April 28, 1960 in New York City, USA (Elena Kagan,
2017). In 2010 she was appointed as a Supreme Court justice by President Barack
Obama, where she took the 6 th seat. With a prowess for academia, Kagan attended Hunter
Highschool, where she served as the president of the student government. Later on, she
would go to Princeton University in 1977 and attain a history major; she would later
obtain a master’s degree in philosophy in 1983 from Worchester College in Oxford, and
finally graduate from Harvard Law School in 1986 (Elena Kagan, 2017).
After her education, Kagan’s career included duties as a law clerk, private
practice, professor at University of Chicago Law School, and finally as the United States’
Supreme Court’s 6
th
justice (Wiki, 2017). Her experience would later prove to be an