Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges.

The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result.

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

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

I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.

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

We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.