Listeners respond: is Elena Kagan a good Supreme Court pick?

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All week, we’ve been examining President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan. If she is confirmed, there will be three women on the bench, six Catholics, three Jews and no Protestants. We asked you how much diversity her nomination would add to the nation’s highest court and hear what you have to say.

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