Elena Kagan Quotes

If There Is An ‘overabundance’ Of An Idea In The Absence Of Direct Governmental Action - Which There Well Might Be When Compared With Some Ideal State Of Public Debate - Then Action Disfavoring That Idea Might ‘un-skew,’ Rather Than Skew, Public Discourse.

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 Single Most Self-denying Thing That Congress Has Ever Done.

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 Constitution Decisions Of The Court.

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, Raises Serious Constitutional Questions.

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 The Requirements And Responsibilities Of The Job, Then It's Time To Leave The Job.

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 Accommodate Them All, Each In Their Proper Places, Wisely And Well And In So Doing To Represent The People Of The United States.

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 Long And Rich Tradition, Not Only Of Extraordinary Legal Skill But Also Of Extraordinary Professionalism And Integrity. That Is Due, In Large Measure, To The People Who Have Led It.

I Think People Are Great In Many Different Ways. So, I Think Some Justices Are Great Because They Have Extraordinary Wisdom, They Have An Understanding Of How To Apply The Law In Their Times In A Way That's Completely Consistent With The Text Of The Law And The Purposes Of The Law, And In A Way That's Completely Right For The Times In Which They Live In.

I Think The Nine Justices Think The Solicitor General Is The 35th Clerk.

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 Golden Past Than Of A Golden Future, Of Capitalism's Glories Than Of Socialism's Greatness.

What My Political Views Or My Constitutional Views Are Just Doesn't Matter.

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.