All Elena Kagan Quotes
- 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… Age
- Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant! All
- 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. Democracy
- American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope. Afford
- 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… Americans
- If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some… Absence
- There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Constitutional
- 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… Air
- 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… Bader
- 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,… Administration
- And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are. Anyone
- 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… Achieve
- I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk. 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… Across
- 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… All
- 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… Campaign
- 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… Accommodate
- 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… Due
- What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter. Constitutional
- 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… Afterward
- 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 could. Achieve
- I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to… Argue
- The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But… American