Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: defamation and the First Amendment / Edward C. Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Edward C., author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress; R41281

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.

Judges.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Administrative law--United States.

Administrative law.

United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.

United States.

Kagan, Elena, 1960-.

Kagan, Elena.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

Place of Publication:

Washington: Congressional Research Service, 2010.

Summary:

This report discusses prior writings by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on the interaction of defamation law and the First Amendment of the Constitution. It is based on two articles on defamation law written by Kagan during her academic career at the University of Chicago Law School and the Harvard Law School. The most recent of these articles is from 2000, and Kagan has not revisited this topic in any published writings since then. Thus, these two articles appear to represent her most extensive examination of the interaction between the First Amendment and defamation law.

Contents:

New York Times v. Sullivan Post-Sullivan Decisions Expansion of Scope of Protections Kagan's Views Analytic Alternatives Suggested by Kagan Contacts Author Contact Information

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.