I do not wear a crown; I wear a robe.

It is for this body, the people's representatives, to make new laws, for the Executive to ensure those laws are faithfully executed.

Oh, of course. It is an extraordinary thing.

And I am telling you I do not.

That would be inappropriate, yes. That is against the law.

As recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright, Senator, yes.

When it becomes so expensive and takes so long to get to a jury, to get to a trial, some people do not bring good claims.

Senator, my personal views have nothing to do with my job as a judge.

There is a need to remind people how to talk to one another, how we talk to one another.

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

The robe changes a man or it should.

If I start importing my feelings, if I treat statutes or laws as Rorschach inkblot tests, I have usurped your role.