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Elena Kagan's Supreme Court quest cleared a critical hurdle Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed her nomination in a 13-6 vote.

If she is confirmed by the Senate as expected early in August, the nine-member court will have four Democratic appointees for the first time since 1971. 

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Group warns senators not to approve nominee's appointment to Supreme Court.

The NRA has ended its silence regarding Elena Kagan's nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, issuing a statement on July 1 claiming that Kagan "repeatedly demonstrated a clear hostility" to gun rights in her career in government and academia, and warning senators that it will take their votes into account when considering endorsing their re-election.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment "applies equally to the federal government and the states." 

The 5-4 ruling in McDonald v city of Chicago did not explicitly strike down gun bans in Chicago and one of its suburbs, but orders a federal appeals court to reconsider its initial ruling upholding the bans. But it left little doubt that they would eventually fall, a vast majority of legal pundits agree.

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Daley continues to unravel in a bizarre display of disintegration.

It's early June and that means someday soon, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue decisions on cases it heard during its fall 2009 session.

Chief among them is McDonald v. City of Chicago, a challenge many legal pundits believe will result in a ruling that finds the city's 37-year-old gun ban is unconstitutional.