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

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.

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

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?

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