Solicitor General Elena Kagan was confirmed on March 19, 2009. A hearing to consider her nomination was held on February 10, 2009. An archived webcast is available. 
On March 5, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.
A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination is available through the Government Printing Office. Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- February 13, 2009 - Alliance Defense Fund
- February 12, 2009 - Center for Military Readiness
- February 9, 2009 - Harvard Law School Graduates
- February 9, 2009 - Joint Letter [Ron Robinson, Young America's Foundation; Colin A. Hanna, Let Freedom Ring; Flagg Youngblood, Young America's Foundation; Tom McClusky, Family Research Council; Ron Pearson, Council for America; Gary Marx, Judicial Confirmation Network; Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy; Kay Daly, Coalition of a Fair Judiciary; William J. Murray, Religious Freedom Coalition; Richard W. C. Falknor, Maryland Center-Right Coalition; Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch; Jim Martin, 60 Plus Association; Cliff Kincaid, America's Survival, Inc.; Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum; Alex St. James African American Republican Leadership Council; C. Preston Noell III, Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.; Jeff Gayner, Americans for Sovereignty; Elaine Donnelly, Center for Military Readiness; Clare M. Lopez, Intelligence Summit; Keith Wiebe, American Association of Christian Schools ; Dee Hodges, Maryland Taxpayers Association; Angelise Anderson, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education; Mark Williamson, Federal Intercessors]
- February 6, 2009 - Iraq War Veterans and Harvard Law School Students - Geoff Orazem, Hagan Scotten, Erik Swabb
- February 5, 2009 - Joint Letter [Signatories from: American Family Association, Biblical Heritage Institute, American Values, Florida Family Action, Focus on the Family, Family Leader Network, Free Market Foundation, Coalition for Marriage and Family, AdvanceUSA, Illinois Family Institute, American Family Association of Indiana, The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, Judicial Action Group, Inc., The Inspiration Networks, American Family Association of Pennsylvania, Let Freedom Ring, Restore America, California Pastors Rapid Response Team]
- February 5, 2009 - Concerned Women of America
- February 2, 2009 - Joint Letter - Janet Reno, former Attorney General; Jamie S. Gorelick, former Deputy Attorney General; Patricia Wald, former Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs; Eleanor D. Acheson, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Policy Development; Loretta C. Argrett, former Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division; Jo Ann Harris, former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division; Lois Schiffer, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
- January 30, 2009 - Law School Deans - [Larry D. Kramer, Dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center; Evan H. Caminker, Dean, The University of Michigan Law School; Michael A. Fitts, Dean, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Harold H. Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School; David F. Levi, Dean, Duke University School of Law; Saul Levmore, Dean and William B. Graham Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School; Paul G. Mahoney, Dean, University of Virginia School of Law; Richard L. Revesz, Dean and Lawrence King Professor of Law, New York University School of Law; David M. Schizer, Dean, Columbia University School of Law; David van Zandt, Dean, Northwestern University School of Law]
- January 30, 2009 - Peter Keisler, former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
- January 28, 2009 - Bradford A. Berenson, Sidley Austin LLP
- January 27, 2009 - Former Solicitors General [Walter Dellinger, Theodore B. Olson, on behalf of: Charles Fried, Kenneth W. Starr, Drew S. Days III, Seth P. Waxman, Paul Clement, Gregory G. Garre]
- January 27, 2009 - Roberta Cooper Ramo, Modrall Sperling Lawyers
- January 26, 2009 - Former Lawyers in the Solicitor General's Office [Andrew L. Frey, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Deputy Solicitor General; Kenneth S. Geller, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Deputy Solicitor General; Philip Allen Lacovara, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Deputy Solicitor General; Andrew J. Pincus, Assistant to the Solicitor General; Charles A. Rothfeld, Assistant to the Solicitor General; Stephen M. Shapiro, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Deputy Solicitor General]
- January 24, 2009 - David A. Strauss, Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law, The University of Chicago
- January 23, 2009 - Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University
- January 23, 2009 - Clifford M. Sloan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- January 23, 2009 - John Payton, President and Driector-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc.
- January 23, 2009 - National Women's Law Center
- January 23, 2009 - John F. Manning, Harvard Law School
- January 23, 2009 - Judith Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
- January 23, 2009 - William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale
- January 23, 2009 - Jeffrey B. Kindler, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc
- January 23, 2009 - Robert Joffe, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- January 23, 2009 - Jack Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel; Professor, Harvard Law School
- January 23, 2009 - Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; former Solicitor General
- January 23, 2009 - Joseph Flom, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- January 23, 2009 - Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Assistant to the Solicitor General
- January 23, 2009 - Brackett B. Denniston, III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric
- January 22, 2009 - Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- January 22, 2009 - Robert Katz, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- January 22, 2009 - Paul T. Cappuccio, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, TimeWarner
- January 21, 2009 - Women in Federal Law Enforcement
- January 21, 2009 - National Association of Women Lawyers
- January 21, 2009 - Judith A. Miller
