When the President makes something a priority, we see action

I will vote my hopes and not my fears

A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or she must recognize that real people with real problems are affected by the decisions rendered by the court. Justice, after all, may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game

We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects of public excitement and allow a broader view, not tied to the whims of the majority at a certain moment in history.

The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.