Within a few minutes, President Obama to name Kagan for high court (via NBC).

Kagan is the Solicitor General and is a former law professor and Dean and worked in the Clinton administration.

James Joyner has a write-up on the nomination here:  Elena Kagan is Supreme Court Choice.

I have detailed some of the pluses and minuses of the nomination here:  More Kagan.

I was also inspired to note one of my preferred political reforms for the US, i.e., doing away with lifetime appointments to the Court here:  Even More Political Reform.