Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor-General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, US media reports say.

The White House has not yet commented, but Mr Obama is scheduled to announce his choice at 1000 (1400 GMT).

If confirmed, she would be the youngest member and the third woman on the court as well as the first justice in nearly four decades not to have been a judge.

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