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

You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children.

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.

We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it.

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.

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

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.