Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, sits down at the witness table at her confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan's Senate surrounded herself with former Harvard students and family at her confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan answers questions during her second day of Senate confirmation hearings.

Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL. and Chairman Sen. Pat Leahy, D-VT question Solicitor General Kagan during her second day of Senate confirmation hearings.

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan testifies during her confirmation hearings.

Senator Arlen Specter, D-PA., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, listen to the testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan.

Former students and family of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan listen as she is questioned during confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan laughs after making a joke about being being where every other Jew is on Christmas: in a Chinese restaurant.

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan greets Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass. who had introduced her at the start of the hearings.