Judges are appointed often through the political process

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

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

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

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?

Judges are appointed often through the political process

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.