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Justice Elena Kagan, who joined the US Supreme Court on August 7, 2010, is unique in several respects: 1) She is only the fourth woman to serve on the nation's highest federal court; 2) She raises the census of active female justices to three for the first time in history; 3) She is the first justice in approximately 40 years, and the only justice on the current Court, with no prior judicial experience.

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