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Elena Kagan is now officially Justice Kagan

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP article, the US "Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and fourth woman, selecting a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent." Here are a few of the details: 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 Kagan. In a rarely practiced ritual reserved for the most historic votes, senators sat at their desks and stood to cast their votes with "ayes" and "nays."... But the two parties clashed over her nomination. Republicans argued that Kagan was a political liberal who would be unable to be impartial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 05, 2010 (boomark / email).