Brett Kavanaugh Quotes
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A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent.
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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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People sometimes ask what prior legal experience has been most useful for me as a judge. And I say, 'I certainly draw on all of them,' but I also say that my five-and-a-half years at the White House and especially my three years as staff secretary for President George W. Bush were the most interesting and informative for me.
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My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
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As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.
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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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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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Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.
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I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.
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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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There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semiautomatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles.
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I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me.
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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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My judicial philosophy is straightforward.
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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 am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women.
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Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.
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We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.
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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.