It does appear that the Supreme Court's docket has lessened over time, its decisions that it's addressing.

Our society would be straitjacketed were it not--were not the courts, with the able assistance of the lawyers, constantly overhauling the law and adapting it to the realities of ever-changing social, industrial, and political changes.

When Congress' intent is clear, the Court applies that clear intent.

I didn't disagree with what I understood was the basic premise that Justice O'Connor was making, which was that being a man or a woman doesn't affect the capacity of someone to judge fairly or wisely.

Given who I am, my love of the law, my sense of importance about the rule of law, how central it is to the functioning of our society, how it sets us apart as many Senators have noted, from the rest of the world, have always created a…

I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.

It's a fair characterization that when you have strict scrutiny, the Government's legislation must be very narrowly tailored.

Thank you, Senators, to all Senators. I have received all the graciousness and fair hearing that I could have asked for.

Arbitrary and subjective considerations, such as a judge's feelings about a particular type of crime, should not form the basis of the sentence.

There are circumstances under which a court should reexamine precedent and perhaps change its direction or perhaps reject it.

All precedents of the Supreme Court I consider settled law subject to the deference with doctrine of stare decisis would counsel.

International law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how we think about unsettled issues in our own legal system.