Kagan - 'Affirmative Action Good Law And Good Politics'

Newly released documents show that Kagan was a supporter of affirmative action believing it to be both good law and good politics.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_go_su_co/us_kagan_affirmative_action_1

"As a White House adviser Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan indicated support for affirmative action as good law and good politics.

The Clinton administration was wrestling with how to weigh in on a case involving a white New Jersey school teacher who was laid off instead of an equally senior black colleague. Kagan endorsed a narrow legal argument to try to prevent a Supreme Court ruling effectively ending affirmative action policies.

The solicitor general wrote a memo saying the case could be disaster for affirmative action. In a handwritten note, Kagan said the solicitor general had "exactly the right position" legally and politically."