Elena Kagan Quotes

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• Suppose a state said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage…
• Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!
• Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democracy.
• American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.
• In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to speak of a…
• If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some…
• There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
• 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…
• 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 so…
• I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority,…
• And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.
• Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to…
• I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.
• 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 learned…
• If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to…
• In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the…
• 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 and…
• To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a…
• What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.
• It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great…

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