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Federal government has to prioritize its efforts because it does not have the resources to pursue the 11 million undocumented "noncitizens" in the country.

— Elizabeth Prelogar Leading Questions: Cooley Appellate Litigator Elizabeth Prelogar (2020)

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Learn your cases and your clients inside and out so that you have the whole picture in mind when crafting arguments.

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There isn’t a trade off between being an aggressive and successful advocate for your clients’ positions and treating others with respect.

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I don't think it's ever too late for this Court to give the statute its proper construction when you actually look at its text, context, and history.

We’re competitive we like to win but we don’t compete against each other. It’s been the perfect culture to try to build a Supreme Court and appellate practice.

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Federal courts should not be transformed into open forums for each and every policy dispute between the states and the national government

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Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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