I'm not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody's waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.

I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

The fact is that knowledge about the Constitution and the Court is not something that is handed down through the gene pool; every generation has to learn it. And I'm not sure the recent generations have done that good a job of learning about it.

Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.