IT ALL STARTS HERE

“It all goes back to the question: Do aliens, noncitizens, have fewer First Amendment protections than US citizens do? And if so, how are you defining the extent of limited protections they have; are you saying they have no First Amendment protections at all, or limited protections?”

“Ultimately, I don’t think they’re going to be able to go all the way with personhood and simultaneously protect IVF the way they want to."

"People from the private sector who go into government sort of divorce themselves of their private sector ties when they accept a high-level government position, like putting their investments in a blind trust, but now we have somebody highly placed in the government who can potentially influence the executive to crack down on certain points of view."

“What we are seeing is an attempt by one branch of government to intimidate another branch from performing its constitutional duty. It is a direct threat to judicial independence."