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Abortion Elena Kagan: Health exceptions for partial-birth abortion ban. Sonia Sotomayor: Rejected abortion rights challenge to Mexico City Policy. |
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Budget & Economy Elena Kagan: 14th Amendment's "liberty clause" includes economic liberty. |
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Civil Rights Elena Kagan: Military ban on gays is moral injustice of the first order. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Let women sue for gender discrimination without time limits. Sonia Sotomayor: Anonymous offensive speech by off-duty cops is protected. |
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Corporations Neil Gorsuch: Don't apply "dormant commerce clause" to limit state laws. |
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Crime Anthony Kennedy: Government is not responsible for abuses in private prisons. Antonin Scalia: Government is not responsible for abuses in private prisons. Clarence Thomas: Government is not responsible for abuses in private prisons. David Souter: Government is responsible for abuses in private prisons. Elena Kagan: Death penalty is constitutional, but requires due process. John Paul Stevens: Government is responsible for abuses in private prisons. Neil Gorsuch: Very strict reading of relief criteria for death penalty. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Government is responsible for abuses in private prisons. Sandra Day O`Connor: Government is not responsible for abuses in private prisons. Sonia Sotomayor: Government is responsible for abuses in private prisons. Stephen Breyer: Government is responsible for abuses in private prisons. William Rehnquist: Government is not responsible for abuses in private prisons. |
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Drugs Elena Kagan: Individual suspicion required before administering drug test. |
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Education Sonia Sotomayor: School policies on grade transfers must be race-neutral. |
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Environment Anthony Kennedy: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. Antonin Scalia: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. Clarence Thomas: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. David Souter: Congress, not EPA, determines when cost-benefit applies. John Paul Stevens: Congress, not EPA, determines when cost-benefit applies. John Roberts: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Congress, not EPA, determines when cost-benefit applies. Samuel Alito: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. Sonia Sotomayor: Ok for EPA to balance cost vs. environmental effectiveness. Stephen Breyer: EPA, not Congress, determines when cost-benefit applies. |
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Families & Children Elena Kagan: Grants to churches ok if used for non-religious purposes. Sonia Sotomayor: Parental custody includes preventing child from leaving USA. |
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Government Reform Clarence Thomas: Executive privilege applies to Trump's Jan. 6 documents. Elena Kagan: Strong executive lets president press his agenda. Elena Kagan: I believed in opposing Citizens United, but we lost. Ketanji Brown Jackson: No executive privilege for Trump's Jan. 6 documents. Neil Gorsuch: Administrative law: end the Chevron deference. Sonia Sotomayor: Barring felons from voting disqualifies race-based groups. |
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Gun Control Elena Kagan: 2nd Amendment confers individual right, not broad principle. Jeff Sessions: 2nd Amendment is a specific provision, not a broad principle. Neil Gorsuch: Knowingly possessing a gun illegally isn't a felony. Patrick Leahy: Heller case established a fundamental individual right. Sonia Sotomayor: States may restrict weapons; Heller only applies to feds. |
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Health Care Elena Kagan: Upheld ObamaCare in Sebelius case, despite recusal concerns. |
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Homeland Security Elena Kagan: Al Qaeda suspects should be held under indefinite detention. Elena Kagan: Apply rule of law to Guantanamo detainees. Sonia Sotomayor: Construe FOIA exemptions narrowly, in favor of disclosure. |
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Immigration Elena Kagan: Recused herself from Arizona immigration case. John Roberts: Voted with liberals on Arizona immigration case. |
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Jobs Elena Kagan: Let Congress fix problems like Ledbetter Act, not judges. Jeff Sessions: Courts shouldn't overrule Congress on job discrimination. Sonia Sotomayor: Sexual harassment counts as a hostile work environment. Sonia Sotomayor: Acceptable to cancel civil service test results due to race. |
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Principles & Values Elena Kagan: Attended Harvard Law School; then became Dean. Elena Kagan: 1995: Clinton Administration Associate White House Counsel. Elena Kagan: Recused herself from 28 out of 75 cases in first term. Ketanji Brown Jackson: Religious liberty is foundational tenet of our government. Neil Gorsuch: Ok to display donated Ten Commandments in public park. |
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Welfare & Poverty Jeff Sessions: Basic tradition is opportunity to work hard & keep fruits. |
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