The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.

The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

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.

A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.

Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.