How Will Elena Kagan Change the Supreme Court?

Elena Kagan will take her oath tomorrow to become the country's 112th Supreme Court justice, after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday with a 63-37 vote. With three women now serving on the Supreme Court--Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg--Thomas Jefferson Street blogger Mary Kate Cary says Kagan will have a big effect, and having three women serving will change the way the court asks questions. "Things will never be the same in the highest court," she writes.

What do you think? Will Elena Kagan change the dynamics of the Supreme Court? Or is she too inexperienced as a judge to have a major impact? Take our poll and post your thoughts below.

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