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Kagan Confirmed

By pete_gallagher

Elena Kagan, in a 63 to 37 vote, has been confirmed as the 112th Supreme Court Justice.

Five Republicans from the Senate supported her, while a lone Democratic member—Nebraska's Ben Nelson—voted against her appointment.

While the Supreme Court now features three female Justices for the first time, perhaps more startling is the fact, as pointed out by the Washington Post, that all nine current Justices come from one of three Ivy League schools, Harvard, Yale and Columbia.

The 50-year old Kagan replaces 90-year old John Paul Stevens.

The Post also says to keep an eye on the relationship between Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts, which the paper billed as 'intriguing,' writing: Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 06, 2010 (boomark / email).