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Elena Kagan Quotes

born 1960 United States

Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 7, 2010. Kagan is the Court's 112th justice and fourth female justice.

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

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

I love Justice Marshall. He did an enormous amount for me. But if you confirm me to this position, you will get Justice Kagan. You won't get Justice Marshall, and that's an important thing.

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.

It's fine if the law bans books because government won't really enforce it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elena Kagan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.