Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

It's hard to have little children and a job and career at the same time. There is no time left for you as a woman.

The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work. This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.