The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.

What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They wanted federal judges to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to serve for good behavior.

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

I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are important in our country, but they're not things that most citizens know much about.

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

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity.