Stephen Breyer: “I commit to you that I will work productively to support and defend the Constitution and this grand experiment of…”

It may be a political process that leads to the nomination of a judge. And a president may think, ah, I have got someone who will always agree with me. That's what Teddy Roosevelt thought when he appointed Oliver Wendell Holmes. He got him…

I know that my role as a judge is a limited one, but the Constitution empowers me only to decide cases and controversies that are properly presented.

The senators are going to reflect what you want, so you better stop it. And the way you stop it is, when you disagree with somebody, you talk to them about it. You talk to them about it. You try to convince them. You participate. You vote…

I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court Building 'Equal Justice Under Law' are a reality and not just an ideal.