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

One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates itself from the impositions of the laws it obligates people outside the legislature to obey.

People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say we want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.