People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

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

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.