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AS WHITE HOUSE ADVISER Elena Kagan argued that without centralized powers agencies would suffer from "arteriosclerosis." |
Obama taps Harvard Law School dean as solicitor general
Kagan's views on use of power could be crucial
WASHINGTON - Elena Kagan, the Harvard Law School dean and a onetime clerk to Thurgood Marshall, the late Supreme Court justice, was nominated yesterday to become President-elect Barack Obama's solicitor general, charged with defending the government's position in cases before the Supreme Court. (Full article: 735 words)
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