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Senate Confirms Elena Kagan's Appointment To SCOTUS

Posted by Soulskill on from the release-the-kagan dept.

eldavojohn writes "As expected, by a vote of 63 to 37 Elena Kagan has been appointed as the 112th member of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan, only 50 years old, has no judicial experience. The Washington Post explains: 'Other justices have corporate law backgrounds or a long record of arguing before the court. Kagan worked briefly for a law firm and argued her first case before an appellate court 11 months ago. It happened to be before the Supreme Court, the first of six cases she argued as the nation's first female solicitor general.' Her fair use views and free speech views have made her a focus of Slashdot recently."

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  1. Re:Does it matter? by dr.newton · · Score: 3, Funny

    You realize that the Supreme Court of the United States doesn't really have anything to do with voting right?

    Or voting left, for that matter.

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  2. I read by kikito · · Score: 4, Funny

    SCROTUS.

    Sorry.

  3. We need a process like that for /. by blair1q · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously. This story is way off-topic and it's showing up here almost 24 hours after the fact.

    Slashdot's article-selection system has been getting more and more stupid as time goes on.

    We need a little constitutional reform.

  4. But... by rgviza · · Score: 3, Funny

    She has almost no court experience, but she _did_ stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

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