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

The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.

You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one that will be easily understood. You have an obligation as a member of the court to do what you are bound to do under federal law, even if it isn't an attractive resolution from a public standpoint.

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.

This chance will stand before you only once.

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.