Elena Kagan's wanted to be a Justice for a long, long time
(NEWSER) - Elena Kagan posed for her high school yearbook photo wearing a judge's robe and holding a gavel. At 17, she already knew she wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice. “That was a goal from the very beginning,” a classmate at her Upper West Side New York high school for standout students tells the New York Times . Since then she's charted what the Times calls a “careful, some might say, calculated path,” showing plenty of talent, but little ideology. She's "one of the most strategic people I’ve ever met, and that’s true across lots of aspects of her life,” a law professor tells the Times. “She is very effective at playing her cards in every setting I’ve seen.” More»
