Obama names Harvard Law dean solicitor general

 
By NEDRA PICKLER
Published: January 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose the dean at his alma mater, Harvard Law School , to represent the United States before the Supreme Court .

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan would be the first woman confirmed as solicitor general.

Obama announced his choices for three other leading Justice Department jobs. Washington lawyers David Ogden and Tom Perrelli we...


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