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

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

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

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

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

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