My own view is that institutions are a glory, and for all their imperfections, something really to be proud of. It is true that things can be a lot better than they are. It's okay to emphasize that.

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.

There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft

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

The U.S. is blessed with tremendously creative and imaginative law students at places like Chicago, Harvard, Columbia and Yale.

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.