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

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

The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

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.

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