a judge had to come to the process understanding the importance and respect the Constitution must receive

The court of appeals is where policy is made.

I do not believe a judge should act in an unprincipled way, but I recognize that both the Doctrine of Starry Decisis starts from a presumption that deference should be given to precedence.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experience, would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion than a white male.

As I said, I--I am hesitant of prejudging and saying they will or won't, because that will be what the parties are going to be arguing in the litigation.

I've been and am very cautious about expressing personal views since I've been a judge.

In fact, I know that in my 17 years on the bench, other than applying it in treaty interpretation or conflicts of law situations, that I have not cited to foreign law.

We cannot remedy the ills of society in a courtroom. We can only apply the law to the facts before us.

The question of how to do that and whether that's right by the court would be a question that Congress... would have to... think about changing.

the death penalty should not be allowed in America because it created a racial bias and it was undue burden on the perpetrator and their family.