Barack Obama actually said...

Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice John Paul Stevens, retiring.

I think they would be tremendously proud of their daughter, a great lawyer, a great teacher, and a devoted public servant.

That understanding of law, not as an intellectual exercise or words on a page, but as it affects the lives of ordinary people, has animated ...

Michelle and I offer our condolences to all those who knew and loved Lena.