Solicitor General Elena Kagan nominated to Supreme Court

President Obama announced today that he is nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Ms. Kagan was the first female dean of Harvard Law in the school's 186-year history and the first female solicitor general of the United States. If confirmed, Kagan will be the fourth woman ever on the Supreme Court, and, for the first time, the Supreme Court would have three women serving together.

Democratic Senators are already saying what a great choice she is as the conservative interest groups have begun to assail her and pick apart every speech she has ever made. It should be a fun approval process.