(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.

I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

I think most people didn't want to do court duty.

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.