My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.

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.

A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through which the people observe their government, ensuring its accountability, integrity, and equity while minimizing sovereign mischief and malfeasance

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.

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.