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.

Judges are appointed often through the political process

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

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

I think whether you are a judge on my court or whether you are a judge on a court of appeals or any court, and lawyers too - and if you're interested in law yourself, you'll be in the same situation - you have a text that isn't clear. If the text is clear, you follow the text. If the text isn't clear, you have to work out what it means. And that requires context.

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