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<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says her colleague Antonin Scalia deserves a lot of credit for getting the high court to divine what laws mean by focusing on the words Congress used.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15893656-kagan-praises-scalia-for-work-on-supreme-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15893656-kagan-praises-scalia-for-work-on-supreme-court</guid><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>antonin-scalia</category><category>kagan</category><category>supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:23:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bankruptcy judges waive fee to cover Kagan talk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has persuaded the national organization of bankruptcy judges to drop an unusual $100 fee it was planning to charge reporters to cover her talk in mid-October.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8168227-bankruptcy-judges-waive-fee-to-cover-kagan-talk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8168227-bankruptcy-judges-waive-fee-to-cover-kagan-talk</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>price</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>admission</category><category>supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kagan says &quot;steep learning curve&quot; on Supreme Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she is facing a "steep learning curve" in her first months on the bench as she is drafting her first opinions and trying to acclimate to life as a judge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641681-kagan-says-steep-learning-curve-on-supreme-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641681-kagan-says-steep-learning-curve-on-supreme-court</guid><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>us-news</category><category>kagan</category><category>supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:02:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4830663-kagan-sworn-in-as-fourth-woman-on-supreme-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4830663-kagan-sworn-in-as-fourth-woman-on-supreme-court</guid><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>kagan</category><category>elena-kagan</category><category>supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:35:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5e967e73-73cf-480d-9853-08366a13548d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e967e73-73cf-480d-9853-08366a13548d.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/18f21a18-7f08-42ef-a581-5862029a332a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/18f21a18-7f08-42ef-a581-5862029a332a.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, smiles as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, for a news conference after the Senate voted to confirm Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice. Joining him are committee members, from left,  Sen. Amy Kobluchar, D-Minn., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5356cd7c-90bd-4b9d-b13b-cef043b0b47d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5356cd7c-90bd-4b9d-b13b-cef043b0b47d.jpg" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media regarding the Senate confirmation Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/170f0b76-51f8-4629-a151-2722d462f7a3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/170f0b76-51f8-4629-a151-2722d462f7a3.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama stands with U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/35aa2a6a-6b23-4e3c-bb67-674fb587286e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/35aa2a6a-6b23-4e3c-bb67-674fb587286e.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, . Kagan is the first Supreme Court nominee in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge, and her addition will mark the first time that three women will serve on the nine-member court together. She's to be sworn in tomorrow as the successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4bb55604-1e5c-4798-aa6e-d979ca14c569.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4bb55604-1e5c-4798-aa6e-d979ca14c569.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kagan is the first Supreme Court nominee in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge, and her addition will mark the first time that three women will serve on the nine-member court together. She's to be sworn in tomorrow as the successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bed81da0-4a2e-4a94-aa8c-8c142e48cc61.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bed81da0-4a2e-4a94-aa8c-8c142e48cc61.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, center, and his wife Mary Davis, right, attend a ceremony  in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to mark the confirmation of  Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d80d1130-635e-48b8-a415-da067a0c2f83.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="391" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d80d1130-635e-48b8-a415-da067a0c2f83.jpg" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, shakes hands with Attorney General Eric Holder,  in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, where they attended a ceremony to mark the confirmation of Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15c3f7a1-8283-49e8-8b92-89cc39904200.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15c3f7a1-8283-49e8-8b92-89cc39904200.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives  in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to attend a ceremony to mark the confirmation of Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9ff504e2-bd14-4401-a810-6d8eb387638f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="462" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9ff504e2-bd14-4401-a810-6d8eb387638f.jpg" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama joins Elena Kagan for a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kagan is the first Supreme Court nominee in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge, and her addition will mark the first time that three women will serve on the nine-member court together. She's to be sworn in tomorrow as the successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c96fc4e8-2ab8-4a3a-8a81-3d8414752f2b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c96fc4e8-2ab8-4a3a-8a81-3d8414752f2b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cecilia Marshall, widow of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, attends a ceremony  in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to mark the confirmation of U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b82c72a9-1282-48c2-a470-df3766ecf237.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b82c72a9-1282-48c2-a470-df3766ecf237.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama shakes hands with Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4ab4cf67-9805-4acb-9d26-8398d05e26d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4ab4cf67-9805-4acb-9d26-8398d05e26d6.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama stands with Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dff4ba2a-6912-4a3f-85ce-22770117b1bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="375" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dff4ba2a-6912-4a3f-85ce-22770117b1bc.jpg" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elena Kagan and President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb121885-2bde-4e4a-8d04-58ecb6a87d6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb121885-2bde-4e4a-8d04-58ecb6a87d6c.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama smiles as he joins Elena Kagan for a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kagan is the first Supreme Court nominee in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge, and her addition will mark the first time that three women will serve on the nine-member court together. She's to be sworn in tomorrow as the successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/65c469bc-6571-4369-9377-77704e1ed8de.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="293" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/65c469bc-6571-4369-9377-77704e1ed8de.jpg" width="120" height="210" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama follows Elena Kagan for a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7eb1a10f-4070-4342-a8d0-ef7000ec3a1a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7eb1a10f-4070-4342-a8d0-ef7000ec3a1a.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama hugs Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/48de40fb-45bf-474c-869a-30e36869fc24.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/48de40fb-45bf-474c-869a-30e36869fc24.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elena Kagan, and President Barack Obama, are reflected in a mirror during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday .(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/132ec744-81ea-43a2-825f-1bb6e2fd98d1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/132ec744-81ea-43a2-825f-1bb6e2fd98d1.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kagan is the first Supreme Court nominee in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge, and her addition will mark the first time that three women will serve on the nine-member court together. She's to be sworn in tomorrow as the successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cc67e9f5-1c28-4d4b-9e2c-2414584c357f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="341" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cc67e9f5-1c28-4d4b-9e2c-2414584c357f.jpg" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. 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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/36428ff1-1bbc-4863-a17f-88bd96aaa69f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36428ff1-1bbc-4863-a17f-88bd96aaa69f.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama joins Elena Kagan for a ceremony to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, Friday, Aug. 8, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. 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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5c70ec5-3d50-49a8-8c16-e51299c3c19d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5c70ec5-3d50-49a8-8c16-e51299c3c19d.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3cff4e05-bdd0-4a50-a1c5-e79d3bb14331.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3cff4e05-bdd0-4a50-a1c5-e79d3bb14331.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama hugs Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5bc69ee2-1cec-44d9-a6e0-f5eb8af8036e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="471" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5bc69ee2-1cec-44d9-a6e0-f5eb8af8036e.jpg" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/47553f3e-60e8-43de-8f62-91ca8f2fdc01.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/47553f3e-60e8-43de-8f62-91ca8f2fdc01.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama applauds Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3da062db-9cd4-41bd-8869-8d852ebd86ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3da062db-9cd4-41bd-8869-8d852ebd86ed.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama kisses U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0481af55-7b76-4388-8a5e-8cf7fdbd680c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0481af55-7b76-4388-8a5e-8cf7fdbd680c.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama kisses U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan duing a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0eeeef12-247e-4358-b704-a8994e048a36.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="406" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0eeeef12-247e-4358-b704-a8994e048a36.jpg" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan smiles in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a ceremony with President Barack Obama , after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/79fa9745-4300-467a-b515-bf043c1553dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/79fa9745-4300-467a-b515-bf043c1553dd.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama with U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a ceremony, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c1e83317-ba39-4039-b063-ec257ae20bd9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c1e83317-ba39-4039-b063-ec257ae20bd9.jpg" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama walks out with U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/47f41ac0-e50d-4fa0-b7c7-f22895dd8320.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/47f41ac0-e50d-4fa0-b7c7-f22895dd8320.jpg" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama hugs U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5d2a86ad-7ac0-4718-945d-73af1bb2b1e1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d2a86ad-7ac0-4718-945d-73af1bb2b1e1.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Obama applauds U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09971d4e-6726-4c6d-ab01-a705cb911728.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09971d4e-6726-4c6d-ab01-a705cb911728.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People mill about outside the Unites States Supreme Court in Washington Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, the day Elena Kagan is to be sworn-in as Supreme Court justice, successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kagan as the nation's 112th justice. She will be the fourth woman ever to serve on the high court. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ccee80a7-222c-4526-8bc2-8000266178e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ccee80a7-222c-4526-8bc2-8000266178e3.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Few people mill about the Unites States Supreme Court in Washington Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, the day Elena Kagan is to be sworn-in as Supreme Court justice, successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kagan as the nation's 112th justice. She will be the fourth woman ever to serve on the high court. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69225a9c-d90c-4515-b126-485bb6845791.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69225a9c-d90c-4515-b126-485bb6845791.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Few mill about the Unites States Supreme Court in Washington Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, the day Elena Kagan is to be sworn-in as Supreme Court justice, successor to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kagan as the nation's 112th justice. She will be the fourth woman ever to serve on the high court. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1200482c-8c00-44fb-bf6d-7c46de1d62b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1200482c-8c00-44fb-bf6d-7c46de1d62b2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;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. (AP Photo/J. 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Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fc1e96bd-cf64-4432-8849-bfca8e6694af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc1e96bd-cf64-4432-8849-bfca8e6694af.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of his successor, Elena Kagan, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2d1d1d50-0567-4c67-ad53-1f5251d8aa28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2d1d1d50-0567-4c67-ad53-1f5251d8aa28.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;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. (AP Photo/J. 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