Quote by Elena Kagan
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion

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. – Elena Kagan

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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. – Elena Kagan

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finance
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It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward. – Elena Kagan

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I hope gay marriage will be legal in every state. – Mark Consuelos

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I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we dont permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we dont exacerbate the problem. – Ed Rendell

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On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America – and our one million member activists – I am honored to be here to talk to you about whats at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy. – Nancy Keenan

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