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" I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Women
Law
I Am
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" As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best. "
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" The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important. "
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" 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. "
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" Justice Kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court. "
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" There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semiautomatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles. "
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" Even the lesser burdens of a criminal investigation - including preparing for questioning by criminal investigators - are time-consuming and distracting. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My wife, Ashley, is a West Texan, a graduate of Abilene Cooper Public High School and the University of Texas. "
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Texas
Wife
High School
" However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority. "
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Boundaries
Authority
" A ban on a class of arms is not an 'incidental' regulation. It is equivalent to a ban on a category of speech. "
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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. "
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Love
Sports
Law
" I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants. "
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Questions
Rules
About
" 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. "
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Policy
Depend
Compliance
" Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office. "
Brett Kavanaugh
Sitting
Congress
Office
" 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. "
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New
Significant
View
" If the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available. "
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President
Something
Process
" Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable. "
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Constitution
President
Sitting
" Having seen first-hand how complex and difficult the job is, I believe it vital that the president be able to focus on his never-ending tasks with as few distractions as possible. "
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Job
Possible
Believe
" 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. "
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Judicial
President
Days
" I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me. "
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Me
Daughters
Create
" 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. "
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Me
Mom
She
" 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. "
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" I thank God every day for my family. "
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Family
Day
" There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution. "
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Constitution
Kind
Judge
" A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. "
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Independent
Law
" The nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots. "
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Focused
Nation
Off
" A president who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as president. "
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Job
" We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions. "
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Civil
Suits
Sitting