While headlines declared Elena Kagan’s confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Justice — ensuring that for the first time, three women would sit on the nation’s highest court — another confirmation quietly took place that was of vital importance to Delaware.
On Aug. 5, Leonard P. Stark was confirmed as district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by a unanimous vote in the Senate, at long last filling the seat made vacant when Kent A. Jordan was named to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December 2006.
