May 9th, 2010
10:19 PM ET

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. 

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[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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  1. Hawthorne999

    Replacing JPS with this choice is sad for the judicial system... JPS had a judicial and legal mind, and this one will be nothing more than an administrator with a high job. So, is the quota filled yet? Why can't the President appoint a democratic equivalent of a Roberts or Alito who are very smart legal minds in their own rights? Sotomyor and Kagan pale in comparison to these judicial minds. There goes well-articulated decisions and dissents. As an independent moderate who leans a little left, this is a sad day for the court.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:42 pm | Report abuse |
  2. Mac

    If words were weapons of war, Obama's prose could have destroyed the world a thousand times over. Actions, not words, will define our country for what may become an increasingly less desirable existence. From my understanding of the fall of the Romans, the French and for that matter the British Empire.... our county has nowhere to go but downhill : ) Sad, but true.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:42 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Lewy

    That woman is ugly.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:42 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Tickles

    I hope Obama gets the opportunity to pack the court. Hopefully Roberts or Alito will have a painful widow-maker and choke on their tongue. I would love to see one of those guys foaming at the mouth.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse |
  5. dogdude

    Dr. DJ you are an old man and didn't know it. Lighten up and have some fun.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse |
  6. bass

    wath and see

    May 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse |
  7. hugh Maguire

    Well, Obama is nominating a liberal lawyer to replace a liberal jurist. Lets just hope she understands that she's no longer in the role of policy maker.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse |
  8. woof

    eeeek.

    at least it's never been a judge.
    the liberal circus needs it's own tent.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Trevor, Austin, TX

    Nice to see that Obama is choosing to employ crony-ism by nominating someone with a Chicago connection who has ZERO judicial experience. That's not too say I don't think she could potentially make a good justice but I don't know if she'll be approved by Congress since she doesn't have a judicial record they can review.

    May 9, 2010 at 11:44 pm | Report abuse |
  10. actionbuzz

    are there no African-American females that can be considered for this position?? Please!!!

    May 9, 2010 at 11:45 pm | Report abuse |
  11. tee

    Amy have you seen on cnn him praying with Muslims do you know that he is a muslim?
    Donyou have health insurance do you know that if you don't that the IRS will take your taxes?

    May 9, 2010 at 11:47 pm | Report abuse |
  12. Lucy Jones

    What an excellent choice.......she is brilliant, fair, moderatre in her thinkings and not a washington insider...oh and the tea baggers hate her....so she is perfect!!!!

    May 9, 2010 at 11:47 pm | Report abuse |
  13. ReadlDeal

    This lady looks like a female version of Brendan Frasier!!!

    May 9, 2010 at 11:48 pm | Report abuse |
  14. Kim Kardashian

    is that a man or a woman?

    May 9, 2010 at 11:48 pm | Report abuse |
  15. Mitchell

    So will Michelle Obama still go around talking about obesity when her husband is promoting a woman who is like 200 pounds over weight? These people bend what ever rules they have for what ever situation they are in. Stand for something and stick by it...

    May 9, 2010 at 11:48 pm | Report abuse |
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