Kagan takes oath, prepares for several high-profile cases

[Turborama]

Source: CNN



Elena Kagan, building on a long, diverse legal career in government and academia, was officially sworn in as the 112th justice at the Supreme Court on Saturday, promising to "faithfully and impartially" discharge her new judicial duties.

With friends, family and four of her new colleagues looking on, the 50-year-old Kagan took the judicial oath in the court's wood-paneled West Conference Room. It was only the second time such a ceremony was televised at the court.

Chief Justice John Roberts administered the 62-word oath, required of all federal judges. In a private ceremony just moments before, Kagan took a separate constitutional oath across the hall. Both are necessary for her lifetime job to become official.

Kagan beamed as she waved to relatives and guests when walking in for the public ceremony. Among those in the ornate room were her two brothers, as well as former colleagues from the Justice Department, where she served as solicitor general before being tapped by President Obama for the high court on May 10.

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[Bitwit1234]

1. Wouldn't it be nice if Obama could get the chance to make an

appointment replacing Roberts, Alitio, Thomas or Scalia I dream of it.

[Rincewind]

2. My fantasy is

that Scalia shoots Roberts and Alito for "looking at him funny" and then with no one to tell him what to do, Thomas forgets to breathe, and suffocates.

[Posteritatis]

6. Hee. (nt)

[Tumbulu]

12. I love it- let it be so (nt)

[Brother Buzz]

11. In my dream it's ...

'and', not 'or'. I'm just saying.

[geomon666]

3. Ugh

She had to stare at John Rasputin Roberts while taking the oath. Nobody deserves that.

[Arkana]

5. That...that isn't really his middle name, is it?

[unblock]

9. it is until he produces a document showing otherwise. WHY HASN'T HE SHOWN US HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE?

:evilgrin:

[Arkana]

4. She could very well be one of the judges who decides the fate of gay marriage

if Perry v. Ahnold makes it to the SCOTUS.

[customerserviceguy]

7. Nope

That'll be Tony Kennedy, Kagan replaces Stevens, who was already for equal marriage.

[ZM90]

8. K&R

[unblock]

10. did roberts get the oath right this time?

http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/20/roberts-obama-jumble-presidential-oath-of-office/

Obama smiled slightly when he realized that Roberts, a fellow Harvard Law School graduate, misplaced the word “faithfully” during the oath. but the new president joined in the fun and repeated it the way Roberts initially administered it. (Lest we forget, in the Senate Obama voted against confirming Roberts to the high court. Last week Obama met with him and the other Supreme Court justices during a courtesy call.)

[bemildred]

13. In a year and a half Obama has appointed two new USSC justices, both women, both liberal.

I would vote for him on those grounds alone.

By the way, I was wondering if O'bama was really an Irish name?