A recent release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act is shedding unusual light on the internal workings of the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office in 2010 before and after then-SG Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
The documents, mainly in the form of printouts of internal e-mail chains, show that now-Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal — not Kagan herself — was the point person within the office on discussions of the new health care reform law and how to defend it in court. Released to CNSNews.com, a conservative-oriented news outlet, the e-mails also reveal how Kagan was walled off from discussions of the law — possibly because she already knew she might be nominated to the high court, where a challenge to the statute would ultimately be decided.
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