Elena Kagan said "I think that we should hold ourselves, sort of on both sides, to a standard of explaining why we're doing what we're doing." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 31, 2025

I think that we should hold ourselves, sort of on both sides, to a standard of explaining why we're doing what we're doing.

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Elena Kagan

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