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

When the President makes something a priority, we see action

Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or narrow our rights as Americans and either protect us or leave us more vulnerable to any winds that blow.

Businesses want to offer solid, affordable health insurance to their employees, but it is getting harder to find every year.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears

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.

We need to fight the plague of the uninsured the way we have fought other threats to our way of life and our basic values.