Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.

Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home so that when they were called to do service as militiamen, they would have them. That was the entire purpose of the Second Amendment.