Meet Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

The Walk
In praising his nominee, Obama said, "Elena is respected and admired not just for her intellect and record of achievement, but also for her temperament, her openness to a broad array of viewpoints, her habit — to borrow a phrase from Justice Stevens — of understanding before disagreeing, her fair-mindedness and skill as a consensus builder. I hope that the Senate will act in a bipartisan fashion, as they did in confirming Elena to be our Solicitor General last year."

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