Sri Srinivasan Quotes

The Office of the Solicitor General has a deeply ingrained fundamental institutional culture that has stood the test of time for decades. I went because I wanted to do public service and do an appellate practice at the very highest levels I could.

– Sri Srinivasan

What a profound privilege to go from one who took the oath from a judge to one who now is in the position to administer the oath as a judge.

– Sri Srinivasan

Individuals with significant care needs increasingly receive services in their homes rather than in institutional settings. And correspondingly, residential care increasingly is provided by professionals employed by third-party agencies rather than by workers hired directly by care recipients and their families.

– Sri Srinivasan

It was an interesting experience to work alongside the solicitor general’s team and then turn around and argue against them. You certainly grow as a lawyer from getting such a varied set of experiences.

– Sri Srinivasan

If we lived in a world where we had the rule of a judge, rather than the rule of law, you would have seen an absolute sea change, an avulsive change in the law as it was interpreted, applied and rendered by our court.

– Sri Srinivasan

We conclude that both challenged aspects of EPA’s regulations implementing the 2008 ozone standards exceed the agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act… Because we find that the EPA’s challenged implementation rules exceed the agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act, we vacate the pertinent portions of EPA’s regulations.

– Sri Srinivasan

When became citizens, we took an oath to support and defend the Constitution and laws and bear faith and allegiance to the same. When I became a judge last year, I took the very same oath administered by Justice O’Conner. Rather amazingly, I’m now in the position to administer that oath to others who themselves are becoming citizens.

– Sri Srinivasan