I talked to George Lucas once, not about Star Wars. Everyone wants to talk to him about Star Wars, and I didn't want to be one of those people. In person - at least on this occasion - he wasn't effervescent and giddy, as the Star Wars movies are. He's more focused.

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause

The 'cash for clunkers' program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving.

A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government.

I have argued in favor of a reformulation of First Amendment law. The overriding goal of the reformulation is to reinvigorate processes of democratic deliberation, by ensuring greater attention to public issues and greater diversity of views.

Sometimes, the word 'voluntary' is a little complicated.