WASHINGTON -- Six times in the past nine months, Solicitor General Elena Kagan has come to the mahogany lectern in the hushed reverence of the Supreme Court to argue the government's case before ...

The items are already 80 percent complete, she said. The altar and lectern, both hand-carved, are made of Philippine mahogany. The top and base of the altar are made of fossil stone. Lunod said ...

Fernandez said that 50 workers of Mehitabel helped build the altar and lectern, which are made of mahogany wood and fossil stones. The altar’s table top and four legs are made of fossil stone ...