First Monday In October

The new Supreme Court bench, it's seating reshuffled after the departure of its most senior member, Justice Stevens - the Justices sit in order of seniority - and the addition of its' newest member, Justice Kagan, began the term with a bankruptcy case that normally would not have packed the courtroom.  But it was a chance to catch a glimpse of Kagan on the bench and listen for her first question which came 15 minutes into the argument.  We won't see much of Kagan on the bench for the first few weeks of this term since she has recused herself from any cases in which she had a role as Solicitor General.
  At the end of the bankruptcy Kagan left the bench not to reappear until Wednesday when the Court considers the funeral protest case, Snyder v. Phelps.

AP story here.