A judge should never rule from fear. A judge should rule from law and the Constitution.
Ignoring things and saying, you know, it doesn't happen isn't an answer to a situation.
I stand by the words. It fell flat.
a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat.
It does.
My own judgment is that it would seem odd, indeed, if any Justice would sit in review of a decision that they authored.
I know that there are many litigants who have expressed that view, and in fact there's been many State legislators that ...
I share your view of the importance of property rights under the Constitution.
I've been and am very cautious about expressing personal views since I've been a judge.
No, sir. In that case we were talking about, and deciding, an issue of whether the agency had followed its own procedure...
There are circumstances under which a court should reexamine precedent and perhaps change its direction or perhaps rejec...