If people can live openly and be equal, then you have to have a pretty strong reason to say they can't get married. — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
I do think it's true that a huge amount of the oversight that the White House engages in with respect to the Executive Branch… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme of things.… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
I think what Lawrence did was provide an assurance that gay and lesbian couples could live openly in society as free people and start… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
The moot court process in our office when we get ready, we - everybody, including the SG, does two moot courts for each argument.… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was, of course,… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of great consequence… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
The part that the public sees is the arguments up at the podium and the briefs that we file. But a significant part of… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
There was this point about, you know, the basic point there as well - this statute treats some parts of the country different from… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
What we once thought of as necessary and proper reasons for ostracizing and marginalizing gay people, we now understand do not justify that kind… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power.… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
The cases involving the question of whether U.S. courts should be open to claims of international human rights violations brought by foreign persons against… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in 2013 when… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
If people can live openly and be equal, then you have to have a pretty strong reason to say they can't get married. — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
I think what happened is that everybody's impressions got formed in those first few minutes. And I felt like, by the latter part of… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
When we're not a party, we sometimes file as amicus, as friend of the court, 25, 30 times a term, sometimes more. And in… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share
