I am a peace supporting Jew.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests. We are as much hosts as any Mayflower-descendant Protestant. It is our home as well as theirs. And in a home with so many owners, there can be no official sectarian prayer. That is what the First Amendment is all about, and the first act by the new administration was in defiance of our Constitution.

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political.

I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama.

There are many levels of truth.