| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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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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