Senator Mikulski, herself a groundbreaking pioneer for women’s place in politics, re-affirmed Elena Kagan’s qualifications today. The current Court, noted Senator Mikulski, is increasingly out of touch with the majority of the American people. Elena Kagan, meanwhile, has spent her career demonstrating a concern for fairness and equality and the impact of the law on real people.

When the majority of our Supreme Court Justices are so frequently on the side of big corporations regardless of what the law says, we need someone like Kagan who will actually listen to “the little guy or gal.”