Undocumented aliens unfortunately are not protected by the law and they are tremendously subjected to exploitation. The result is that they would be willing to work for a wage that no person who is welcome in our shores would take.

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

If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.

Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry about what's out and released, over and done. That's advice I now give to people new to the judging business.

I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.