This morning, the press was given a chance to gaze upon a new portrait by Nelson Shanks featuring Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Close-up after the jump.
The appointments of Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor caused liberals to wring their hands with worry. What if they weren't liberal enough? What was the President doing? Liberals, breathe a sigh of relief for now. They're kicking ass.
Amanda Hess offers this compendium of Pulitzer-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan's underminery. "Kagan's version of middle-age seems stuck in a time warp, back when 50-something did not mean Kim Cattrall or Sharon Stone, Cougar Town or Sex and the City."
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The Log Cabin Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to overrule the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which decided to keep "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in place while it prepares to hear arguments on the issue at a future date.
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Today during her first real day on the job, Elena Kagan will meet privately with fellow justices to decide which cases will be heard. This first meeting with a new colleague is said to be anxiety-producing even for veteran justices.
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[Washington, D.C., August 7. Image via AP.]
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A Senate vote of 63-37 has confirmed President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. (That included five Republicans, compared to nine for Sonia Sotomayor.) She'll be the fourth female Justice to serve.
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Women — especially moms — are underrepresented in top corporate and government jobs. But is what looks like inequality actually a savvy choice by women themselves?
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Nearly all Democrats and some Republicans are expected to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice — the fourth woman on the Court. The debate goes to the Senate floor starting today.
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Yesterday, we learned that voters were polled on whether Barbara Boxer or Carly Fiorina has better hair. Even without the 2008 election's bombast (Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin), the past year has been rather rocky for women in politics. Some lowlights:
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The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 13-6 to confirm Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. Lindsey Graham was her only Republican supporter, and many others were worried she was a liberal "activist" who hated marriage and the military.
Evidently David Letterman feels like it's been long enough since all that hostile work environment stuff. Time to revert to "take my wife"-style humor about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's reticence on her various stances!
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Senator Dianne Feinstein asked Kagan whether she believes the constitution requires any abortion-related statute to protect the woman's health. Kagan replied that "putting [late-term] procedure[s] aside...the continuing holdings of the court" protect the woman's life and health. [RHRC]
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Above The Law gives Elena Kagan's hearings the Us Weekly treatment; readers overwhelmingly preferred Elena Kagan's blue blazer and black shirt to Sonia Sotomayor's. By Day 2 of her hearings, Kagan's already won the battle that counts. [Above The Law]
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[Washington, D.C., June 28. Image via Getty]
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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begin today at 12:30pm EST. But what about those dogged lesbian rumors? The right wing will no doubt demonstrate how to handle all that!
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Americans United for Life is calling Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings begin in a week, a "pro-abortion activist." Unfortunately, actual abortion-rights activists are far from convinced.
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46,000 pages of documents have just been released from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's work in the Clinton Administration. (Friday! Convenient!) They're still being sifted through, but so far there's not much to allay pro-choice fears.
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Like attending a women's college, drinking beer from the bottle, and having sex with other women, softball has long been recognized as a sure sign of homosexuality. "If you play, you're probably gay," clarifies the L.A. Times.
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It's not often that the Senate chamber talks fashion criticism, but yesterday, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar was sufficiently irritated by Robin Givhan's Washington Post piece to chastise her for her Kagan critique. Meanwhile, Givhan is defending herself.
