{"id":6775,"date":"2010-05-10T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-statement-on-the-nomination-of-solicitor-general-kagan-to-the-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:19","slug":"merkley-statement-on-the-nomination-of-solicitor-general-kagan-to-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-the-nomination-of-solicitor-general-kagan-to-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de Merkley sobre el nombramiento del fiscal general Kagan para el Tribunal Supremo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC - <\/strong>President Barack Obama today announced that  U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be his nominee to the Supreme  Court.&nbsp; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement on  the nomination:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Solicitor General Kagan has had a unique and diverse legal career  and is widely recognized for her ability to build consensus between  colleagues with opposing opinions.&nbsp; I believe the Supreme Court needs  justices who can bring that sort of perspective and track record and  that there is value in returning to a tradition of having justices with  more varied life experiences on the Court.&nbsp; I look forward to meeting  Solicitor General Kagan and learning more about her views and background  as the confirmation process moves forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declaraci\u00f3n del senador Merkley sobre la nominaci\u00f3n por el presidente Barack Obama de la procuradora general de los Estados Unidos, Elena Kagan, a la Corte Suprema.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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