I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand.

I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand.

Politicians must pick sides regularly; every time they vote. So it's perhaps natural that they see the world as a battle between competing groups.

No judicial nomination should answer any question that is designed to reveal how the nominee will rule on any issue that could come before the court.

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

That claim was not intended to be a factual statement.

The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.