I need to retire from retirement.

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.

My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a product of state government in my own state of Arizona. And it seemed to me that the popular election of judges was creating major problems in many states, and we had improved the system in Arizona. And I thought the nation ought to at least rethink how we select our nation's trial judges in the states.

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

The fact is that knowledge about the Constitution and the Court is not something that is handed down through the gene pool; every generation has to learn it. And I'm not sure the recent generations have done that good a job of learning about it.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

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