When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets.

I don't think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It's a waste of resources.

People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.

When a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee.

Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.

I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.