WATCH: Kagan Confirmation Hearings Live Online

Starting Monday, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan are taking place on Capitol Hill. If confirmed, Kagan will join Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor to become the third woman sitting on the nation's highest court at one time -- a truly historic achievement.

If you're not near a television but want to follow the hearings closely, tune into MSNBC.com, which is running a live online video stream of the confirmation debate. And let's hope these confirmation hearings proceed with a level of fairness and civility that eluded the Senate Judiciary committee 19 years ago.

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