If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.

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.

It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

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

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

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.