Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan - pics

[Kadie]

Elena Kagan is sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest member as Chief Justice John Roberts, right, administers the judicial oath, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The Bible is held by Jeffrey Minear, center, counselor to the chief justice. Kagan, 50, who replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, becomes the fourth woman to sit on the high court and is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge.



Elena Kagan takes the oath of office as the Supreme Court's newest member, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, not shown, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Kagan, 50, replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, and is the fourth woman to sit on the high court. She is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge.


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Elena Kagan, left, is congratulated by Chief Justice John Roberts, right, after becoming the Supreme Court's newest member Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. The Bible was held by Jeffrey Minear, center, counselor to the chief justice. Kagan, 50, who replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, becomes the fourth woman to sit on the high court and is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge


Elena Kagan smiles after she was sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest member by Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Kagan, 50, who replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, becomes the fourth woman to sit on the high court and is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Did Roberts blow her oath, too? n/t

[One Voice]

3. my first thought also,

and why does he swear people in & not someone else?
Creep

[CTyankee]

2. Roberts doesn't look real happy...

He's probably thinking "Another damned woman!" That creep...

[Botany]

4. Roberts knows that the days of the Conservative court are #ed

Kennedy 74
Scalia 74
Thomas 62
Roberts 55 but w/ some health questions
Alito 60

If Obama wins a second term he will get even more picks

[annabanana]

16. Why do I think Scalia ain't goin' anywhere?

He just looks like the kind of guy who would keep going out of pure spite.

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

:thumbsup:

[jaxx]

6. Congratulations Justice Kagan.

Roberts looks like he just sucked a lemon. ;-)

[Ricochet21]

9. I agree

I agree

[cynatnite]

7. Congrats! n/t

[Ricochet21]

8. I agree

I agree

[47of74]

10. I wish she would've used something other than a bible

Anything to make the reich wing's heads explode, such as the Guru Granth Sahib, Vedas, or (gasp!) the Qur'an.

[dragonlady]

14. It looks to me like a Torah

Too big to be a standard bible. (An aside: Wikipedia says that when she was 12 she made a huge issue of wanting to read from the Torah at her bat mitzvah, which was unthinkable for a female at her Orthodox synagogue, and still is. She finally compromised with the rabbi and read from the Book of Ruth. Good for her!)

[thelordofhell]

11. I see he's reading it from a sheet

I guess John boy didn't want to fuck this one up and have to do it again.

[monmouth]

12. Congrats and good wishes to Justice Kagan. I also noted about a

10-15 pound weight loss. Jeffy Sessions would do that to anyone. I loved when she spoke a few words the other day when she said (paraphrasing)...I met with...73(?) senators...but who's counting?..The audience loved it..

[blogslut]

13. Love the pics

Hate the captions. Stupid AP.

If they wanted to "flesh out" the accompanying text, they could have pointed out that with the addition of Justice Kagan, the SCOTUS is now populated by the most number of females EVAR!!!!1!

[47of74]

15. Insert joke about SCROTUS here

[blogslut]

17. *snort*

You're terrible. I'm a big fan of terrible. :hi: