I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.

I'm young at heart. I'm young in spirit, and I'm still adventurous.

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.

Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexuals benefits or imposing burdens on them? Is there any other rational decision-making that the government could make? Denying them a job, not granting them benefits of some sort, any other decision?

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.