There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession then your image of what a good lawyer is is a male image.

So they can create a class they don't like-here, homosexuals-or a class that they consider is suspect in the marriage category, and they can create that class and decide benefits on that basis when they themselves have no interest in the actual institution of marriage as married?

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

I don't have a professional aspiration. But I do have a personal one: I want to continue growing as a person. I want to reach out more to people, learn more from them. Ultimately, I would like to be a great justice that people remember with respect and fondness.

I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.