http://www.scotusreport.com/news/ SCOTUSreport.com News Feed en info@scotusreport.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-06T14:11:00+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06kagan.html?_r=2&hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06kagan.html?_r=2&hp#When:13:11:00Z The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to a seat on the Supreme Court on Thursday, giving President Obama his second appointment to the court in a year and a victory over Republicans who sharply challenged her credentials and record. Ms. Kagan, who is set to be sworn in Saturday as the newest member of the court, was approved by a vote of 63 to 37 after hearings and floor debate that showcased the competing views of Democrats and Republicans about the court but exposed no significant stumbling blocks to her confirmation. 2010-08-06T13:11:00+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:11 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080505247.html?wprss=rss_print http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080505247.html?wprss=rss_print#When:13:09:26Z The Senate confirmed U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan on Thursday as the 112th justice to the Supreme Court, making her the fourth woman to sit on the court. On a vote of 63 to 37, Kagan, who will succeed retired justice John Paul Stevens, became the second member President Obama has placed on the high court. One year ago, Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation as the court's first Latina. 2010-08-06T13:09:26+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:09 GMT http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/5/senate-confirms-kagan-as-justice/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/5/senate-confirms-kagan-as-justice/#When:13:08:55Z The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court, making the former Harvard Law School dean the court's youngest member and just the fourth woman in history to receive the lifetime appointment. After the 63-37 vote, top Democrats trumpeted Ms. Kagan as a "great antidote" to a Supreme Court that, because of Republican appointments, they say has swung too far right. 2010-08-06T13:08:55+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:08 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411214186345480.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411214186345480.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews#When:13:07:29Z The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan on a 63-37 vote to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, with a handful of Republicans joining almost all Democrats in making her the fourth woman to serve on the high court. When the court's new term starts in October, Ms. Kagan, 50 years old, will join Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor as the first trio of women in the court's history. 2010-08-06T13:07:29+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:07 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704499604575407333218532138.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704499604575407333218532138.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#When:13:05:06Z The careers of Elena Kagan and John Roberts are about to intersect on the Supreme Court, where the two jurists—one groomed by the Democratic legal establishment, the other by the Republican—could wrestle over competing visions of American law for decades to come. Ms. Kagan, 50 years old, has spent a lifetime immersed in the political and academic circles where ideological battles are fought. She was a law clerk to the liberal judges Abner Mikva and Thurgood Marshall, a professor at the University of Chicago and Harvard law schools, a Clinton White House aide, and she is now President Barack Obama's solicitor general. 2010-08-06T13:05:06+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:05 GMT http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-elena-kagan-20100806,0,2931944.story http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-elena-kagan-20100806,0,2931944.story#When:13:03:02Z The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, creating a historic bloc of three liberal women likely to vote together much of the time. The 63-37 vote suggested that the bitter partisan divide that has plagued legislative efforts on Capitol Hill is increasingly infecting the high court nomination process. 2010-08-06T13:03:02+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:03 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2010-08-05-kagan-supreme-court-confirmation_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2010-08-05-kagan-supreme-court-confirmation_N.htm#When:13:01:58Z Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in Elena Kagan as the nation's 112th Supreme Court justice on Saturday, making women one-third of the nation's highest court for the first time in history. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Roberts telephoned Kagan to offer "warm congratulations" Thursday, shortly after the Senate confirmed her. The 63-37 vote was a victory for President Obama, who has doubled the number of women ever named to the Supreme Court with his first two nominees. 2010-08-06T13:01:58+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:01 GMT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012846-503544.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012846-503544.html#When:12:59:59Z A conservative group opposed to Elena Kagan's confirmation to the Supreme Court highlighted the narrow margin by which the Senate approved her nomination as a sign that she is unfit to join the court. Supporters of Kagan, however, called the today's confirmation a remarkably smooth process. In reality, the support Kagan received in the Senate was not as strong as some of the Supreme Court's current members, but it was stronger than the support for others. 2010-08-06T12:59:59+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:59 GMT http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/08/06/kagan_heads_to_high_court/ http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/08/06/kagan_heads_to_high_court/#When:12:57:42Z The US Senate confirmed former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan yesterday as the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court, a position from which she could influence the nation’s laws and policies for decades. Senator Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who earlier this summer introduced Kagan to fellow senators as a “brilliant woman,’’ voted against giving her the lifetime job on grounds that she has limited courtroom experience. 2010-08-06T12:57:42+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:57 GMT http://www.law.com/jsp/scm/PubArticleSCM.jsp?id=1202464321718&Kagan_Confirm http://www.law.com/jsp/scm/PubArticleSCM.jsp?id=1202464321718&Kagan_Confirm#When:12:56:18Z Elena Kagan is on the verge of becoming the 112th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after three months of sparring over her legal experience and where she falls on the ideological spectrum. Senators voted, 63-37, on Thursday to confirm Kagan. All Democrats but one voted for her, while all Republicans but five opposed her. Kagan will be sworn in at the Supreme Court on Saturday. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. will do the honors. The plan mirrors last year's Saturday oath-taking for Sonia Sotomayor. A formal investiture ceremony will take place on Oct. 1, at a special sitting of the Court. 2010-08-06T12:56:18+00:00 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:56 GMT