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(CNSNews.com) -- The Justice Department is not saying whether Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been taking the full federal salary of solicitor general since she “ceased” performing the full responsibilities of that position more than two months ago. On July 13, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Kagan asking her to respond to certain questions for the record. These included: “What date did you cease performing your responsibilities as Solicitor General?” and “What duties are you now performing as Solicitor General?” In written responses presented to the committee on July 19, Kagan said that...

Bill Clinton's presidential library won't publicly release memos and notes Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wrote about the sexual harassment lawsuit that triggered Clinton's impeachment. Kagan was involved in defending Clinton in the lawsuit brought by ex-Arkansas state worker Paula Jones, according to documents released Friday. Clinton's testimony for the Jones lawsuit, denying a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, led to his impeachment. The library held back several of Kagan's memos to Clinton's top advisers in the case, saying that publicly releasing them would divulge confidential advice. They were turned over to the Senate Judiciary Committee that...

Edward Teller, a blogger at the liberal site Firedog Lake wrote a piece today called My Wasilla Lunch With Joe McGinnis in which he brags he let his dog defecate on Sarah Palin's lawn.Teller writes that after he and Palin's stalker had lunch in Wasilla, the two went to a home improvement store to purchase "security equoment" and then to the house next door to Palin's home that McGinnis is renting for the summer.Teller says he helped McGinnis set up some of the "security equipment."He ends the article with his smug statement about letting his dog defecate on Palin's property:And...

Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, is best known for moving Harvard Law School away from the 100-year old “case-law method” of legal study. But in the process, critics say, she moved the nation’s premier law school away from requiring the study of constitutional law towards the study of the laws of foreign nations and international law. As dean, Kagan won approval from the faculty in 2006 to make major changes to the Harvard Law's curricula. “My understanding is that she instituted three new courses to the...