And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to promote certain ethical values and achieve certain social ends. Such activity is not necessarily wrong or invalid.

I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.

There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I could.