Elena Kagan Confirmed by Senate to Supreme Court
Aug 6, 2010
On Thursday, August 5, 2010, Elena Kagan was confirmed by a Senate vote of 63-37 as the newest Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kagan joins Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the Supreme Court’s third female justice, marking the first time that three women have served on the Court. Kagan will replace the retired Justice John Paul Stevens, and will be sworn in by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 7, 2010.
Elena Kagan most recently served as Solicitor General of the United States. Prior to that, she was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, as well as Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council during the Clinton Administration, before serving as Dean of the Harvard School of Law from 2003 to 2008.