Elena Kagan in Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg

On Corporations: 2009: Argued before Supreme Court favoring Chrysler bailout

Solicitor General Elena Kagan responded for the administration, reminding the Supreme Court and the country of what was at stake. "The liquidation of Chrysler would have very severe effects on the American and Canadian economies. More than 38,000 Chrysler employees would lose their jobs; 23 manufacturing facilities and 20 parts depots will be shuttered; more than 3,000 Chrysler dealers would suffer significant harm to their businesses; and billions of dollars in health and pension benefits would be wiped out." The Supreme Court denied the stay. The sale could go forward--as it did, the next day.