I believe in the openness and transparency of a courtroom, the ability of every person to come into it, poor or rich, mighty or meek and have their cause heard.

I think every member of the U.S. Supreme Court sitting is a very fine judge, yes.

I want to be very sure that I can look them square in the eye and say, 'You should have known.'

It is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court.

I care deeply about the independence of the judiciary.

the plain text of the statute is usually a pretty good starting point.

It is the controlling interpretation of the Second Amendment.

The primary job of the Supreme Court is not to uphold the will of the majority of the moment.

The remedy for this disagreement is not changing judges but changing the law.

No one in that process... asked me for any commitments, any kind of promises about how I would rule in any kind of case.

Gideon is a seminal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it deserves respect on that basis.

A judge is there to make sure that every person, poor or rich, mighty or meek, gets equal protection of the law.