Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency.

A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.