Justice Elena Kagan, speaking on Tuesday at the Supreme Court, briefly addressed “the very sad news” that former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is “retiring from public life because she is in the early stages of dementia.” “In very typical Justice O’Connor fashion,” Kagan continued, “she used this sad occasion to do good,” by releasing a … Continue reading Introducing lecture on World War I draft cases, Kagan lauds O’Connor’s work on civics education