Justice Elena Kagan Confirmed, Jewish Women Rock the Bench!

Justice Elena Kagan joins Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the 2nd Jewish woman on the U.S. Supreme Court! She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday in a vote of 63 to 37, in which most Senators voted along party lines. After some initial brouhaha over the incident regarding military recruiters at Harvard Law and some softball-related speculation about her sexuality (sigh), Kagan’s confirmation really had no major road blocks. Even the question of her Jewish identity was a non-issue.

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