Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

The challenges I have faced - among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother - are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

The worst thing you want is a willy-nilly judge who is swayed by the political whims of the era or the time. What you want is a judge who is thinking about what he or she is doing and is thinking about it in a principled way.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal.