Posted by Orin Kerr:
Kagan Reportedly Picked as SG:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_01_04-2009_01_10.shtml#1231171256
Reader Adam White passes along an e-mail just sent out on a Harvard
Law School listserv apparently coming from Elena Kagan, announcing
that President-Elect Obama will announce today that Kagan will be
nominated as Obama's Solicitor General. I haven't been able to confirm
this independently, but it seems legit enough to pass on (and if it's
not legit, I'll correct it ASAP). The e-mail is below the jump.
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From: owner-commun...@lists.law.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-commun...@lists.law.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Elena
Kagan
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:44 AM
To: commun...@lists.law.harvard.edu
Subject: [HLS] Announcement
Dear colleagues and friends:
I am writing to all of you � the community of students, faculty,
staff, and alumni of Harvard Law School � to let you know that today
President-elect Barack Obama will announce his intention to nominate
me to serve as Solicitor General of the United States. If confirmed by
the Senate, I will resign the deanship of the Law School and take a
leave of absence from the faculty.
I have accepted this nomination because it offers me the opportunity,
working under the leadership of the President-elect and his nominee
for Attorney General, Eric Holder, to help advance this nation�s
commitment to the rule of law at what I think is a critical time in
our history. I am honored and grateful, awestruck and excited, to be
asked to contribute to this most important endeavor. And perhaps, for
me, it adds a special touch of sweetness to the occasion that the
person making the nomination, in whose capacity for greatness I deeply
believe, is himself a member of the group to which I am writing.
At the same time, I feel today real sadness � a sense of loss of what,
if confirmed, I will be leaving that is every bit as strong as my
sense of anticipation of what will be to come. Now isn�t the time for
me to attempt a grand wrapping-up or final farewell; I don�t in any
way want to presume the outcome of the Senate�s consideration. For the
present, I�ll say only this: it has been both the joy and the
privilege of my life to serve as dean of this most wondrous law
school. I love it, and I love the extraordinary community of people �
you � who make it up. I look forward to staying in close touch.
My warmest wishes for a happy and healthy new year.
Best,
Elena
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