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Elena Kagan Biography

Elena Kagan (pronounced /ˈkeɪɡən/; born April 28, 1960) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the Court's fourth female justice.

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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.

Jobs, Responsibility, Thinking, Responsibilities, Think, Conscience

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.

Extraordinary, Integrity, Led, Lifetime, Opportunity, Skills

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, Freedoms, Fundamental, Keeps, Law, Rights

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.

Self, Law, Campaigns, Union, Finance

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.

Matter, Political, Views

It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

Democratic, Political, Two, Views

American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.

Afford, Lies, Lying, Unity, Worst Enemy

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.

Constitution, Decision, Heller, Principles, Respect, Show

My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment.

Completely, Judgment, Politics, Separate, Would Be

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 the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

Responsibility, Rights, Government, Recognize, People, Violates

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.

Jobs, People, Balance, States, Solicitor, United

There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

Constitutional, Federal, Marriage, Right, Sex

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.

Law, People, Right, Think, Thinking, Ways

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 licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?

Couple, Gay, Thinking, Procreation, People, Anymore

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.

Past, Greatness, United States, Times, Socialist, United

Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!

Chinese, Jew, Jews, Like, Probably, Restaurants

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 either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.

Meaningful, Air, Issues, Legal, Takes, Vacuity

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.

President, Administration, Serious, Directive, Questions

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