Elena Kagan

I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

— Elena Kagan

My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment.

— Elena Kagan

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.

— Elena Kagan

Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!

— Elena Kagan

There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

— Elena Kagan

American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.

— Elena Kagan

In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law,…

— Elena Kagan

Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation…

— Elena Kagan

It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views…

— Elena Kagan

I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much…

— Elena Kagan

If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that…

— Elena Kagan

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that…

— Elena Kagan

And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what…

— Elena Kagan

If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when…

— Elena Kagan

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity…

— Elena Kagan

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an…

— Elena Kagan

In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to…

— Elena Kagan

Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law…

— Elena Kagan

Suppose a state said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going…

— Elena Kagan

It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance…

— Elena Kagan

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience…

— Elena Kagan

I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extraordinary wisdom, they…

— Elena Kagan

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And…

— Elena Kagan

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a…

— Elena Kagan

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for…

— Elena Kagan

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights…

— Elena Kagan

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity…

— Elena Kagan