The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.

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

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.

The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.