I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.

Historically, it took a long time before the court took any women law clerks. Finally, it did, but the numbers have never matched very effectively the percentages of law graduates out of graduating classes. We have far more than we ever did before and it's continued to grow, but it isn't a nice match yet.

Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.

You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one that will be easily understood. You have an obligation as a member of the court to do what you are bound to do under federal law, even if it isn't an attractive resolution from a public standpoint.