On Barak (Not Barack)

In a 2006 awards ceremony then-Harvard Law School dean and current Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan introduced Aharon Barak, retired president of the Supreme Court of Israel, as "my judicial hero" and as "the judge or justice in my lifetime whom, I think, best represents and has best advanced the value of democracy and human rights, of the rule of law and of justice." Senator Jeff Sessions, R.-Ala., has stated that Kagan's introduction of Barak is "very troubling" and "might provide real insight into her approach to the law." Interestingly, Judge Barak will be returning, as a visiting professor, to the University of Alabama School of Law this coming fall semester.