I do not view my colleagues as Democrats or Republicans.

The Constitution exists to protect our rights and our liberties, even when we might hold unpopular views.

That is your constitutional responsibility, and this body's, and it would be presumptuous of me as a judge at once to say I like or dislike the work of the U.S. Supreme Court as a lower court judge.

I have great, great respect for this body, and I know...there is a great pessimism about our Government. I do not share that.

A Supreme Court Justice is bound by precedent too.

We have approximately 5,000 criminal laws.

My job is to apply the law as fairly as I can in each and every case without respect to persons. That is my oath.

They are people, and----

I am very honored by their assessment.

As a good judge, you do not approach that question anew, as if it had never been decided.

There is simply no law anyone has pointed giving employees the right to operate vehicles in a way the employers forbid.

A good judge will seek to honor precedent and strive to avoid its disparagement or displacement.