Kagan celebrates with Obama, to be sworn in Sat.
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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)
JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A beaming Elena Kagan and President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated her imminent ascension to the U.S. Supreme Court with jokes and references to the irreverent sense of humor she put on display during her Senate confirmation hearing.
An audience at the White House, filled with Kagan's friends and extended family, along with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy, shouted with joy and applauded as Obama introduced "Justice Elena Kagan."
Kagan, 50, holds the title of U.S. solicitor general or the government's top lawyer for one more day.
"While she may be feeling a twinge of sadness about giving up the title of general -- a cool title -- I think we can agree that Justice Elena Kagan has a pretty nice ring to it," Obama said of his second successful appointment to the court.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kagan as the high court's 112th justice. She will be the fourth woman ever to serve thKagan celebrates with Obama, to be sworn in Sat.
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