“Democrats don't have a day to waste in unifying around that shared goal.”
“It has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be maxed out.”
“They're going to be sending it, and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month.”
“We can't stay silent in the face of a death of this magnitude, which happened while a man in difficulty was in the hands of the Police.”
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!”
“The atmosphere of disarray and gridlock and dysfunction and chaos in Washington doesn’t serve the American people.”

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On the recordJuly 2, 2025
Our emergency docket, while fit for some things, should not be used to overrule or revise existing law.
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Elena Kagan
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Kagan expresses concern over the misuse of the emergency docket.

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