Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.
Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty
You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts