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Supreme Court Watch: Elena Kagan
The Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Kagan's confirmation is an historic event. She is the fourth woman in our history to be confirmed to the Court, and on the First Monday in October, for the first time in our history three women will take their seats on the nation's highest bench.
Justice Kagan's presence will be historic in more ways than one. She will be taking a seat on the most conservative court in decades, which under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, is furthering a political agenda that consistently favors big corporations over average citizens. In the past several years, the Corporate Court has radically rewritten laws in order to shield big business from liability, insulate corporate interests from regulation, make it easier for companies to discriminate, and enable powerful interests to flood our election process with special interest dollars. During her confirmation hearing, Elena Kagan called for a Court that is devoted to "a fair shake for every American," and we look forward to Justice Kagan taking that ideal into the Court's chambers. Join us in our campaign to expose the Corporate Court for what it is and to support efforts in Congress to undo as many of its most harmful decisions as possible.
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