I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

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 need to retire from retirement.

The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however, by the mere existence of some secular purpose, however dominated by religious purposes... The proper inquiry under the purpose prong of Lemon, I submit, is whether the government intends to convey a message of endorsement or disapproval of religion.

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

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.

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.