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The three most recent additions to the Supreme Court are soon-to-be Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Justice Samuel Alito.

President Obama nominated US Solicitor General Elena Kagan on May 9, 2010, to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired from the Court on June 29. The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Kagan's by a vote of 13-6; she was confirmed by a full Senate vote of 63-37 on Thursday, August 5, 2010.

Kagan, who is the fourth woman to join the US Supreme Court, will also increase the female census on the bench to three for the first time in history. She is expected to take the Oaths of Office on August 7, 2010.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn-in on Saturday, August 8, 2009. She is the first justice whose Judicial Oath of Office was televised (she also took a Constitutional Oath in private). Justice Sotomayor is also the first Latina or Hispanic person to serve on the US Supreme Court.

Justice Sotomayor replaced David Souter, who retired in June 2009.

Associate Justice Samuel Alito replaced Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired in January 2006; he has already served on the bench for more than four years.

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