Elena Kagan

Judge

1960-04-28

Elena Kagan is an American jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010. Before joining the Court, she served as U.S. Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School.

Books by Elena Kagan

We Dissent

Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion
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Remembering "TM"
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Quotes by Elena Kagan

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.
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And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.
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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.
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