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Elena Kagan's First Day: Fast Start, Early Out

(Oct. 4) -- The Kagan has been released! Elena Kagan, the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, waited approximately 15 minutes into her first case as an active jurist today before asking a question. The case, Ransom v. MBNA, involves bankruptcy law and marks Kagan's entry onto the ideologically divided Supreme Court...

Kagan Sworn In as 4th Woman on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Aug. 7) -- Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Kagan in a brief private ceremony at the court. Kagan, joined by family and friends, pledged to faithfully and impartially uphold the...

Kagan Confirmed to the Supreme Court: Instant Reactions

(Aug. 5) -- Now that Elena Kagan has been confirmed to the Supreme Court, the Senate is ready to take its five-week summer vacation. On Thursday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Kagan, a former solicitor general and dean of Harvard Law School, as the fourth woman ever to sit on the country's highest judicial body with a...

Elena Kagan Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice

WASHINGTON (Aug. 5) -- The Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as the 112th justice and fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court. The vote was 63-37 for President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens. Five Republicans joined all but one Democrat and the Senate's two independents to support...

Senate to Vote on Kagan Today; Confirmation Likely

(Aug. 4) -- Solicitor General Elena Kagan cleared the key hurdle Wednesday evening when she locked up commitments from 60 senators -- 53 Democrats, five Republicans and two independents -- to support her nomination to become the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Reaching the 60-vote threshold guaranteed that...