Dean Elana Kagan is now officially SG Kagan

The BLT has this report, titled “Kagan Confirmed as First Female Solicitor General.”  As I have suggested in prior posts,new SG Elana Kagan can and will have some say (and perhaps a significant role) in the shape and direction of DOJ’s post-Booker litigation positions and other federal sentencing issues.

Some related posts:

• HLS Dean Elena Kagan to be nominated for US Solicitor General
• How much can and will the “tenth justice” influence sentencing jurisprudence?
• How a new administration is likely to impact federal sentencing practice
• Why federal sentencing reformers must focus on the USSC and lower courts
• Will AG Holder really lead a “new birth of freedom” in prison nation?
• More evidence Obama’s DOJ is just not that into change in the criminal justice arena
• Lots of big (though really little) congressional sentencing activity
• Are we on the verge of a new changed era concerning federal sentencing law and policy?