Who should judge?

President Obama has made another Supreme Court nomination. What do we know about Solicitor General Elena Kagan? Will she make it through Senate confirmation with less bickering than the most recent appointee? Is it all political grandstanding in the end? Join us along with Professor Val Atkinson from NC Central University. Our featured guests Lisa McElroy and Duchess Harris. Lisa’s interests and expertise focus on legal methods and the U.S. Supreme Court. Coming to Drexel from the Southern New England School of Law, Professor McElroy has extensive experience teaching legal writing, legal research and interviewing techniques, as well as leading delegations of students to the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Congress. Previously, Professor McElroy was a professor of legal writing at Roger Williams University School of Law, where she also directed annual student visits to the U.S. Supreme Court. A frequent commentator on Court TV (now part of CNN), Professor McElroy also appeared regularly for two years as the Satellite Sister, Esq. on the nationally syndicated Satellite Sisters radio program before the show went off the air in Fall 2008. Professor McElroy is a regular contributor to Parenting magazine and has written numerous books for children about Supreme Court justices and prominent elected officials. Her books have been featured and reviewed in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Legal Times and local newspapers. Duchess Harris is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College, author of the forthcoming Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton, and co-editor with Bruce D. Baum of the forthcoming Racially Writing the Republic: Racists, Race Rebels, and Transformations of American Identity. She is also a J.D. candidate at the William Mitchell College of Law. www.duchessharris.com