Quotes About Elena Kagan

And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.

In 1987, I had my first opportunity to provide 'advice and consent' on a Supreme Court nominee. At that time, I stated that the qualifications essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included 'integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament.' On that test, Elena Kagan fails.