The rule of law.
Certainly there are some very specific words in the Constitution that have to be given direct application.
If he was talking about the fact that I served on a particular board that promoted equal opportunity for people, then you could talk about t...
My career as a judge has shown me that regardless of what my desires were, that my life, what I have accomplished, does serve as an inspirat...
I do understand the importance to Congress' factual findings, that my cases and my approach in my cases reflect that.
The fact that the law says that you can do this doesn't always mean that you as a person should choose to do this.
The history of a particular holding of the Court and how the Court has dealt with it in subsequent cases would be among one of the factors.
The word 'privacy' is not.
The role of the court is never to make the policy. It is to wait until Congress acts.
I think that most lawyers who participate in argument before me know how engaged I become in their arguments and trying to understand them.
There is a variety of different factors the Court uses, not just one.