When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment. — Elena Kagan Copy Share
I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to speak of… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
Suppose a state said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extraordinary wisdom, they have an… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals.… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope. — Elena Kagan Copy Share
It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be… — Elena Kagan Copy Share
