Elena Kagan was confirmed as the newest Supreme Court justice today, with senators voting 63-37 to approve President Obama’s second nominee to the high court. Her confirmation will put three women on the bench for the first time ever — a statistic that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hailed as “real progress” on the Senate floor before his colleagues took the rare step of casting their votes from their desks.
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