Am I right in saying that the locust of this problem is simply that judges in America are half political animals and half oracular demigods?

The criticism from the other side of [race] debate - and these are not necessarily I think defenders of [Donald] Trump, but they're certainly quick to say, you know, if you're going to live by the race card, you die by the race card.

Aaron Persky who is the judge who really I think it's fair to say there is a mob seeking to recall him because of what's perceived as a too-lenient sentence in a sexual assault case.

On a court full of great writers, I shouldn't say full of - there have been some bad writers on the court over the years.

I've been thinking so much about how grateful I am to cover the court because the constraints of calm and civility are really palpable when you look across the street, and that, you know, I feel like the discourse has become so overheated that, you know, we talk about everything in the exact tone that seems to sort of preclude reason and to preclude the possibility of agreement.

Even Merrick Garland can't get up and give a press conference in which he says, "Give me a damn vote." We just hear silence.

The fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius.