The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

Dissents speak to a future age.

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

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.

Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

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.