Donald Verrilli Jr

I do think it's true that a huge amount of the oversight that the White House engages in with respect to the…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I think what Lawrence did was provide an assurance that gay and lesbian couples could live openly in society as free people…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

The moot court process in our office when we get ready, we - everybody, including the SG, does two moot courts for…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was,…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

The part that the public sees is the arguments up at the podium and the briefs that we file. But a significant…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

There was this point about, you know, the basic point there as well - this statute treats some parts of the country…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

What we once thought of as necessary and proper reasons for ostracizing and marginalizing gay people, we now understand do not justify…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

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…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

The cases involving the question of whether U.S. courts should be open to claims of international human rights violations brought by foreign…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

If people can live openly and be equal, then you have to have a pretty strong reason to say they can't get…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I think what happened is that everybody's impressions got formed in those first few minutes. And I felt like, by the latter…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

When we're not a party, we sometimes file as amicus, as friend of the court, 25, 30 times a term, sometimes more.…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

The president [Barak Obama] had been asked some questions by George Stephanopoulos on a news show about whether it was a tax.…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power. It'd…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

One thing I've experienced and I feel really grateful for now that I'm on my way out is that I felt that…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I do a little bit of hand-holding on the big cases. You know, like health care, I'll call over and say, "Don't…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

Quite often there's a great deal of disagreement within the executive branch about what we should do. Some cases are pretty straightforward,…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I'm arguing for progressive positions on behalf of a progressive administration in front of a court who, before Justice [Antonin] Scalia's death,…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

After a couple of years, I realized that this was actually true, that his gave me the ability to go to a…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I'm representing the United States. And I'm representing the United States, and my office is representing the United States day after day…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

Sometimes one of the justices, because they're, you know, they're brilliant lawyers themselves, can put the question in a particular way so…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

Watch what happens on Twitter. One thing leads to another very quickly. And in an ironic sense, even though it's such a…

— Donald Verrilli Jr