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

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.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

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

Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.

I care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.

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.