Filed under: Supreme Court , Obama Administration , Elena Kagan President Obama was on hand Friday to witness the formal investiture of Elena Kagan, the 112th Supreme Court justice and the fourth woman to be named to the high court.
The court will have three female justices for the first time, but the issues — immigration, employee-vs.-employer rights, 1st Amendment — are the same.
Filed under: Senate , Republicans , Conservatives , Tea Party , Law , Immigration Graham voted “yes” on Elena Kagan’s confirmation, but wants to reform the 14th Amendment, which states all babies born on U.S. soil are citizens.
Filed under: Supreme Court , The Capitolist , Elena Kagan The junior senator from Minnesota apologizes to the GOP leader for appearing disrespectful during the latter’s speech on Elena Kagan.
Gag. 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 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.” Kagan isn’t expected to alter the ideological balance of the court, where Stevens was considered a leader of the liberals. The crossovers: Five Republican Senators – Lindsey Graham, SC, Judd Gregg, NH, Richard Lugar, IN, Susan Collins, ME and Olympia Snowe, ME –crossed the aisle to vote with the Democratic majority to confirm President Obama’s nominee. One Democratic Senator, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, voted against her.
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Elena Kagan Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
