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Appointed

Elena Kagan

Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Joined the courtAug 7, 201016 years
Appointed byBarack ObamaLife tenure
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16Years on the court
66Age

The Bench

John RobertsChief Justice · since 2005Clarence ThomasJustice · since 1991Samuel AlitoJustice · since 2006Sonia SotomayorJustice · since 2009Neil GorsuchJustice · since 2017Brett KavanaughJustice · since 2018Amy Coney BarrettJustice · since 2020Ketanji Brown JacksonJustice · since 2022

About

Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court.

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Judicial Record

67Cases OT2025
72%In the Majority
19Dissents
6Majority Opinions

15 opinions written this term, counting concurrences and dissents

Recent decisions

Sided with, OT2025

Positions as recorded by The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al., 2026 Release 01). “Sided with” counts cases where both justices took part; concurring counts with the majority.

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