By Allan Lengel
ticklethe wire.com
Let the games begin.
With the smiling nominee flanked to his left, and his vice president to his right, President Obama on Monday morning announced the nomination of Solicitor General Elana Kagan for the Supreme Court.
Heaping superlatives upon superlatives, he called her a “superb” Solicitor General and said she embodies excellence and integrity.
She was the first woman to head up the Harvard Law School and the first female Solicitor General. It would be the first time in history three women were serving on the Supreme Court.
Some Republicans are anxious to grill her and scruitinize her liberal credentials.
So if you can’t afford to go on vacation in the earlier part of the summer, there should be plenty entertainment on C-Span as the hearings on her confirmation kick into high gear.
Kagan said she was honored to fill the seat of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who is retiring. She said she was sad her parents were not around to share her joy.
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