President Obama Announces His Nominee For Supreme Court Justice

WASHINGTON - MAY 10: (L-)R U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama and Solicitor General Elena Kagan walk into the East Room before Obama announced Kagan as his choice to be the nation's 112th Supreme Court justice at the White House May 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the former Harvard Law School dean would be the first justice to join the high court without prior judicial experience since William Rehnquist in 1972. Kagan was selected by Obama to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)