It must be applied, as is all the court's existing precedents that have not been rejected by the court.

As a judge I don't make policy. I don't make the policy choices for Congress.

words that don't make sense.

The word 'privacy' is not.

Unless the statute requires or directs you to look at foreign law, the answer is no. Foreign law cannot be used as a holding, or a precedent, or to bind or influence the outcome of a legal decision interpreting the Constitution or American…

I held that the act violated the Constitution, but that the evidence could still be used because the officers had--there was, in law, a good faith exception to the error in the warrant.

To me, that's a core responsibility of lawyering.

The doctrine of stare decisis is a doctrine that looks to the value in the stability, consistency, predictability of precedent.

We don't render decisions to please the home crowd or any other crowd.

I stand by the words. It fell flat.

a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat.

My own judgment is that it would seem odd, indeed, if any Justice would sit in review of a decision that they authored.