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.

My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

I didn't want to be out of order answering any questions.

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

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.