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Kagan to be Supreme Court nominee, CNN confirms
[Update 11:06 p.m. ET] President Obama will select Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court nominee to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens, a legal source close to the process told CNN Sunday evening.
The nomination is expected to be announced Monday at 11 a.m. ET, another source familiar with the process said.
Kagan, 50, a New York native, was widely reported to be the frontrunner for the nomination. She was a finalist for the high court vacancy last year when Justice Sonia Sotomayor was selected to replace the retiring David Souter.
Kagan would be the third woman on the nine-justice bench if confirmed.
[Posted 10:19 p.m. ET] NBC News is reporting President Obama will select Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court nominee to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens.
CNN is working to confirm the report.
Kagan is a former Harvard Law School dean and has never served as judge. As solicitor general, she is the Obama administration's top lawyer before the Supreme Court and has argued several high-profile cases before the justices since taking the job in spring 2009.
Kagan was a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall and served as associate White House counsel in President Clinton's administration.
- CNN's John King and Bill Mears contributed to this report.
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A good selection...and Timothy: grow up!
An excellent choice. She's liberal, but has a reputation of working well with others who hold different views. Just the kind of person to swing Kennedy over to the side of the moderates, as Stevens did so many times.
Neither do I because Tennessee sucks.
Good. I like her. The Tea Baggers and righties should be annoyed so then you know it is GREAT!!
I am so sick of Obama he needs to go away he wants to be a dictator and an ass
I'm proud of Obama for nominating the first gay women to the high court. Even if she's only out amongst close friends, it's time gay americans had somone who will take into account their issues.
Great Choice. President Obama has given the Country a strong dose of reason in his pick of Ms kagan
This just in...she will stop for a triple thick milkshake before the hearings.
anything that annoys a tea bagger is ok with me
Of course she's gay...can you see a man sleeping with that?
Where are the qualified African Americans? Every time there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, why aren’t African Americans making the short list? I am extremely disappointed in the President!
Watch, Sotomayor will always stand next to her for photos.
Why are liberal women so butt ugly??
It's sad that Obama felt that he had to shove Kagan back in the closet to nominate her. It's time to stop ths hypocrisy. You are either in favor of equal rights for gay americans or you're not and it's insulting to nominate a lesbian yet act like she isn't known to be one when someone actually dares to speak what everyone knows-. There is nothing wrong with being gay yet that is the message Obama is sending.
Thats a man baby!!!