I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues.

It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong.