Republicans focused on Ms Kagan's lack of experience as a judge (she was an academic before being appointed solicitor-general).

共和党人士主要认为卡根在任职法官方面缺乏经验(她在任职首席检察官之前还是一个学者)。

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She is the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States and earlier, as head of Harvard Law School.

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As solicitor general, she argues cases for the United States government before the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

In her role as solicitor general, she represents the U.S. in litigation at the Supreme Court level.

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Gore, and was rewarded by President Bush with an appointment as Solicitor General.

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Justice Elena Kagan took no part in the consideration of the case, presumably because she dealt with it in her former job as Solicitor General.

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