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

Judges are appointed often through the political process

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

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

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?

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment

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.