The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.
I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.
You may defeat me in a final vote, but you'll never get me to quit.
When I got into Yale College, got into Yale Law School. I've worked my tail off.
I believe that the president should be excused from some of the burdens of ordinary citizenship while serving in office. This is not something I necessarily thought in the 1980s or 1990s. Like many Americans at that time, I believed that the president should be required to shoulder the same obligations that we all carry.
A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law.
I like beer.
Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.
A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent.
I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic.
The motto of my Jesuit high school was 'Men for others.' I've tried to live that creed.
The nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots.
My judicial philosophy is straightforward.
If the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available.
The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.
If confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case and always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American rule of law.
As a judge, I have always treated colleagues and litigants with the utmost respect.
Sometimes I had too many beers.
I was in high school - and I went to an all-boys Catholic high school, a Jesuit high school, where I was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every Sunday at Little Flower, working on my service projects, and friendship, friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all-girls Catholic schools.
When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.
