Elena Kagan Nominee Confirmed By Senate Judiciary Committee

[SunsetDreams]

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!
The vote was just taken.

Edited to add this:

Supreme Court Elena Kagan confirmed by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote

Kagan wins approval in a nearly party-line vote, with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joining the majority Democrats. She is expected to gain full Senate confirmation in August.

Reporting from Washington — Elena Kagan, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a nearly party-line vote Tuesday, her next to last hurdle before gaining a lifetime seat on the high court.

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If she is confirmed by the Senate as expected early in August, the nine-member court will have four Democratic appointees for the first time since 1971. And for the first time ever, three of the justices will be women, and none will be a Protestant.

more here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-kagan-vote-20100720,0,4047216.story

Just one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, joined panel Democrats in supporting President Barack Obama's second Supreme Court nominee. A few more Republicans are likely to back her in the full Senate, where Democrats have more than enough votes to confirm her.

more here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/07/20/kagan/

[Spazito]

1. Excellent!

I hope Sessions and the other repub assholes who voted no choke on it!

Recommended.

[SunsetDreams]

7. me too

they were disgusting, as usual

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Full Senate vote won't come until August. Long wait.

[SunsetDreams]

3. yup it is, but at least the Senate Judiciary Committee

Confirmed. I celebrate steps in the right direction.

[opihimoimoi]

4. KnR

[Xenotime]

5. Wonderful!! Great to have another progressive on the bench.

This will guarantee fair rulings for years to come.

[SunsetDreams]

6. Yes it will be great,

if she is confirmed by the entire Senate, which I suspect she will be.

[monmouth]

8. Sen. Graham truly enjoyed her answer to him re what was she doing

on Christmas. That was a keeper and hilarious and he liked it...Yay!!!

[SunsetDreams]

9. kicking back up

[ChoppinBroccoli]

10. It's Nice To Have 2 Obama Appointees On The Bench

However, I wish we'd get a chance to swing the Supreme Court over to our favor. Sotomayor and Kagan are replacing two left-leaning Justices. What we really need is for some of these right-wing A-hole Justices (cough, Scalia, cough) to leave the bench so Obama can replace them with better people. Why couldn't Rehnquist have held on just a little while longer? Not only would we have gotten someone better than frickin' John Roberts, but then the idiot-boy Bush wouldn't have gotten to select a political hack as the Chief Justice either. I won't be like the low life scumbag Freepers and their overlords (cough, Ann Coulter, cough) who were praying for the deaths of left-leaning Justices, but it WOULD be nice if Obama could get a leg up in the Supreme Court rather than simply "holding serve."

[SunsetDreams]

11. You and me both,

I still believe there is time though, especially when Obama gets 2 terms.

Somebody has to retire:
Ages of Current Supreme Court Justices

John G. Roberts (Chief Justice) Born January 27, 1955 Appointed by GWBush
Antonin Scalia Born March 11, 1936 Appointed by Reagun
Anthony Kennedy Born July 23, 1936 Appointed by Reagun
Clarence Thomas Born June 23, 1948 Appointed by George H.W. Bush
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Born March 15, 1933 Appointed by Clinton
Stephen Breyer Born August 15, 1938 Appointed by Clinton
Samuel Alito Born April 1, 1950 Appointed by GWBush
Sonia Sotomayor Born June 25, 1954 Appointed by Obama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

[SunsetDreams]

12. Scalia and Kennedy look pretty ripe

for retirement

[Scurrilous]

13. Good news.

:thumbsup: