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" A president who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as president. "
Brett Kavanaugh
President
Investigation
Job
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" I think justices of all stripes agree that stare decisis is important, but not an inextricable command. It's not inflexible; it's not absolute. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Stripes
Agree
Important
" I believe that the president should be excused from some of the burdens of ordinary citizenship while serving in office. This is not something I necessarily thought in the 1980s or 1990s. Like many Americans at that time, I believed that the president should be required to shoulder the same obligations that we all carry. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Thought
Believe
Citizenship
" My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington, D.C. - McKinley Tech and H.D. Woodson. Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Me
Mom
She
" In my view, it is unreasonable for EPA to exclude considerations of costs in determining whether it is 'appropriate' to impose significant new regulations on electric utilities. "
Brett Kavanaugh
New
Significant
View
" If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It's been decided by the Supreme Court. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Follow
Supreme
Supreme Court
" Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Sitting
Congress
Office
" However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Policy
Boundaries
Authority
" We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Civil
Suits
Sitting
" Justice Kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court. "
Brett Kavanaugh
I Am
Supreme Court
Career
" The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Dealing
Important
Task
" There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Constitution
Kind
Judge
" Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the president's focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Focus
Her
Like
" Semi-automatic rifles, like semi-automatic handguns, have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens for self-defense in the home, hunting, and other lawful uses. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Like
Self-Defense
Been
" The motto of my Jesuit high school was 'Men for others.' I've tried to live that creed. "
Brett Kavanaugh
High School
Live
School
" The law does not allow the FTC to just snap its fingers and temporarily block a merger. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Merger
Just
Fingers
" I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Women
Law
I Am
" The Senate should consider a rule ensuring that every judicial nominee receives a vote by the Senate within 180 days of being nominated by the president. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Judicial
President
Days
" My wife, Ashley, is a West Texan, a graduate of Abilene Cooper Public High School and the University of Texas. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Texas
Wife
High School
" A ban on a class of arms is not an 'incidental' regulation. It is equivalent to a ban on a category of speech. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Ban
Arms
Speech
" My dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Love
Sports
Law
" A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Constitution
History
Tradition
" A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Policy
Depend
Compliance
" If the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available. "
Brett Kavanaugh
President
Something
Process
" With respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees, I was not aware of any issues on that or the legal memos that subsequently came out until the summer, sometime in 2004, when there started to be news reports on that. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Legal
News
Summer
" I thank God every day for my family. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Every Day
Family
Day
" The earth is warming. Humans are contributing. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Earth
Contributing
Humans
" A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Must
Independent
Law
" Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Constitution
President
Sitting
" I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Believe
Judiciary
Crown
" I am part of the vibrant Catholic community in the D.C. area. The members of that community disagree about many things, but we are united by a commitment to serve. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Disagree
I Am
Commitment