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

The advantages? Exercise, no parking problems, gas prices, it's fun. An automobile is expensive. You have to find a place to park and it's not fun. So why not ride a bicycle? I recommend it.

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

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.

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.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.