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Elena Kagan
stated on June 29, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing:

During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."

By Robert Farley • June 30, 2010
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 28, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing:

"In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."

By Robert Farley • June 29, 2010
Elena Kagan
stated on April 1, 1995 in a law review article:

On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2010
Jon Kyl
stated on June 28, 2010 in a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan:

"The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law."

By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2010
David Brooks
stated on May 10, 2010 in a column:

Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2010
Patrick Leahy
stated on May 16, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Military "recruiting went on at Harvard every single day throughout the time (Kagan) was there."

By Robert Farley • May 16, 2010
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 16, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters.

By Robert Farley • May 16, 2010
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 in his website:

Elena Kagan is "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer through and through."

By Robert Farley • May 14, 2010
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 in his website:

"She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama."

By Robert Farley • May 14, 2010
Harry Reid
stated on May 11, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor:

On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.

By Catharine Richert • May 12, 2010
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 in a press release:

"Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway."

By Robert Farley • May 10, 2010
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 in an interview on Fox News:

On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan "took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010