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• Roy Moore:

  To do my duty, I must obey God.

• John Paul Stevens:

  It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

• David Souter:

  I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I

• Don Willett:

  Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who r

• Neil Gorsuch:

  Some of the most impressive judicial nominees are grossly mistreated.

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me

• Elena Kagan:

  When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmatio

• Elena Kagan:

  I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over

• Elena Kagan:

  It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general i

• Elena Kagan:

  And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyo