A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.

When the whistle blows you have only a limited amount of time to do what you have to do. You either do it then or you don't do it at all.

The role of the judge is simply to decide cases.

Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in groups, without being unduly submerged in the group.

A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.