Obviously if she hadn't taken unearned funds the DoJ WOULD say.
Like the rest of the O-Administration.a crook. B http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69738 Department of Justice Won't Say if Kagan Took Full Pay After She 'Ceased' Full Duties as Solicitor General Wednesday, July 21, 2010 By Eric Scheiner http://media.cnsnews.com/resources/65599.jpg President Barack Obama introduces Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his choice for Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (CNSNews.com) -- The Justice Department is not saying whether Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been taking the full federal salary of solicitor general since she "ceased" performing the full responsibilities of that position more than two months ago. On July 13, all seven Republicans on the <http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/upload/071310Committee RepublicansToKagan.pdf> Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Kagan asking her to respond to certain questions for the record. These included: "What date did you cease performing your responsibilities as Solicitor General?" and "What duties are you now performing as Solicitor General?" <http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/upload/QFRsSessionsHat chGrassleyKylGrahamCornynCoburn.pdf> In written responses presented to the committee on July 19, Kagan said that she had initially "scaled down" her participation in general Justice Department matters after she learned on March 5 that President Barack Obama was considering her for a possible Supreme Court vacancy and that she "ceased performing the litigation responsibilities" of Solicitor General after she was nominated to the Court on May 10. Kagan also said she informed the Supreme Court on May 17 that from the date of her nomination-May 10-her deputy "would serve as Acting Solicitor General in all filings." CNSNews.com contacted the Office of the Solicitor General on Tuesday to ask whether Kagan had taken a salary reduction at any time this year in conjunction with scaling down her participation in general Justice Department matters and ultimately ceding her litigation responsibilities to her deputy. The solicitor general's office referred CNSNews.com to Tracy Schmaler, deputy director of public affairs for the Department of Justice. CNSNews.com left several messages for Schmaler spelling out the question. On Wednesday, CNSNews.com put the question to Brittany Miller at the Justice Department public affairs office, and then emailed her the question. There was no response. Kagan may have reduced her duties to avoid having to recuse herself from cases that may come before the Supreme Court. "I ceased performing the litigation responsibilities of the Solicitor General position on or just after May 10, 2010, the date of my nomination to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court," Kagan told the Judiciary Committee in written answers on July 19. "I informed the Supreme Court on May 17, 2010 that Neal Katyal, the Principal Deputy Solicitor General, would serve as Acting Solicitor General in all filings from the date of my nomination. Mr. Katyal also assumed responsibility for acting upon all appeal and other litigation recommendations at this time. I have continued to handle some routine administrative matters." "Between March 5, 2010, when I was informed that the President wished to consider me for a possible Supreme Court vacancy, and May 10, 2010, when I was nominated, I handled the work within the Solicitor General's Office in the normal way; that is, I served as counsel of record in all filings in the Supreme Court and acted upon all appeal and other litigation recommendations," wrote Kagan. "During this period, however, I scaled down my participation in more general departmental matters (which was not extensive to begin with). I ceased attending the Attorney General's morning meetings sometime in early-to-mid April." In the questionnaire she filled out for the Judiciary Committee at the beginning of her confirmation process, Kagan said that if she was confirmed she would recuse herself from cases in which she had been the "counsel of record" as solicitor general. "If confirmed, I would recuse in all matters for which I was counsel of record," said Kagan. In her confirmation hearing she also said she would recuse herself from any case in which she had <http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/upload/QFRsSessions.pd f> " <http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/upload/QFRsSessions.pd f> played any kind of substantial role in the process." According to The National Law Journal, the position of Solicitor General pays a yearly salary of $165,300. CNN has reported Kagan's net worth to be $1.8 million. With almost $740,000 cash on hand, $820,000 in retirement funds and no financial liabilities [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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