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

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

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.

Chief Justice [John] Roberts compared judges to umpires, who apply rules they did not write and cannot change to the competition before them.

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

The place where you got to get revenues has to come from the middle class. That's where the huge number of people that are there. So the system does need to be revamped [to tax the rich less and the middle class more.]

Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That rule has always been honored.