Occupation: Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Birth: April 28, 1960
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 ….
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 an….
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 most is t….
American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope..
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 promote certain e….
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, an….
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….
It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that..
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….
There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage..
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 deci….
I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extraordinary wisdom, they have an understandi….
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..
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 ….
I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's asser….
And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are..
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 many other women in m….
My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment..
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 tradit….
I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk..
Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democrac….