Elena Kagan on VoteMatch

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Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Don't require admitting privileges for abortionists: Favors topic 1 Compromise on abortion if core rights & exceptions upheld: Favors topic 1 Health exceptions for partial-birth abortion ban: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Credit Ruth Bader Ginsburg for making country work for women: Favors topic 2 Let Congress fix problems like Ledbetter Act, not judges: Opposes topic 2 No reverse discrimination unless justified by other reasons: Favors topic 2 1998: Don't justify all-girl school by making all-boy school: Favors topic 2 Women under-represented as managers enough for gender bias: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	No job discrimination for transgender status: Strongly Favors topic 3 Concurred on no longer deny gays the right to marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Oppose don't-ask-don't-tell but defend it as current law: Favors topic 3 2003: Opposed military excluding gays from military service: Favors topic 3 Defend Defense of Marriage Act, since it is the law: Opposes topic 3 OpEd: Conservatives see Kagan as sure vote for gay rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Military ban on gays is moral injustice of the first order: Strongly Favors topic 3 1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: Opposes topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	States can fund private schools but not parochial schools: Opposes topic 4 2000: Limited public aid to parochial schools is ok: Favors topic 4 Grants to religious organizations ok for family services: Favors topic 4 Paying taxes sufficient to oppose religious tax credits: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Individual mandate is constitutional even with $0 tax: Favors topic 5 Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies: Favors topic 5 Uninsured engage in commerce by raising others' premiums: Strongly Favors topic 5 Upheld ObamaCare in Sebelius case, despite recusal concerns: Strongly Favors topic 5 ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause: Strongly Favors topic 5 Helped plan legal defense of ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Broad Congressional power for commerce, like ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Congress did not intend disparate result on generic drugs: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	Schools are limited in regulating student off-campus speech: Neutral on topic 7 2009: education services ok in private schools: Favors topic 7 No Child Left Behind law is not an unfunded mandate: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Congress can empower EPA and executive branch: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Established environmental law program at Harvard: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty is constitutional, but requires due process: Opposes topic 9 Scientific testing requires live testimony in criminal cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Delay executions if asked by International Court of Justice: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	2nd Amendment confers individual right, not broad principle: Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Company can challenge onerous IRS reporting requirement: Opposes topic 11 Only Congress can allow out-of-state Internet sales tax: Opposes topic 11 States can tax out-of-state earnings, even if taxed there: Favors topic 11 Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	DACA protect childhood immigrants from deportation: Strongly Favors topic 12 Recused herself from Arizona immigration case: Neutral on topic 12 Let deported immigrants appeal based on bad legal advice: Favors topic 12 Let deported immigrants appeal based on administrative error: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Apply rule of law to Guantanamo detainees: Strongly Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	Military plays vital role in well-being of the country: Favors topic 15 Oppose Solomon Amendment: let colleges bar ROTC recruiting: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Allow curbside voting & loosen rules during pandemic: Strongly Favors topic 16 Voting Rights Act still needed to prevent discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 16 I believed in opposing Citizens United, but we lost: Strongly Favors topic 16 Aggressive advocate for campaign finance reform: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public campaign finance can fund based on opponent spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 States cannot sue each other over eased voting rules: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	No extensions for refineries' Renewable Fuel Program: Favors topic 18 Let citizens sue for harm caused by global warming: Favors topic 18 Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Individual suspicion required before administering drug test: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Sentencing rules change allows crack sentence reductions: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	2009: Argued before Supreme Court favoring Chrysler bailout: Strongly Favors topic 20

Elena Kagan is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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