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I like beer.
I revere the Constitution.
I thank God every day for my family.
I'm a good person. I've led a good life.
My judicial philosophy is straightforward.
The earth is warming. Humans are contributing.
I've always treated women with dignity and respect.
I am not perfect. I know that. None of us is perfect.
I have been known for my courtesy on and off the bench.
My wife and daughters have faced vile and violent threats.
I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences.
My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important.
The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.
As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.
You may defeat me in a final vote, but you'll never get me to quit.
A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law.
I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me.
I have faith in God, and I have faith in the fairness of the American people.
Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.
If the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available.
When I got into Yale College, got into Yale Law School. I've worked my tail off.
There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution.
As a judge, I have always treated colleagues and litigants with the utmost respect.
The motto of my Jesuit high school was 'Men for others.' I've tried to live that creed.
The law does not allow the FTC to just snap its fingers and temporarily block a merger.
I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.
My time in high school and college, more than 30 years ago, has been ridiculously distorted.
I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic.
Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.
When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.
I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants.
We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.
My wife, Ashley, is a West Texan, a graduate of Abilene Cooper Public High School and the University of Texas.
A ban on a class of arms is not an 'incidental' regulation. It is equivalent to a ban on a category of speech.
There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semiautomatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles.
Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the president's focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people.
A president who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as president.
Justice Kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court.
However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority.
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 am the leading federal judge in the country - the leader in the entire country of promoting women law clerks to get Supreme Court clerkships.
I think justices of all stripes agree that stare decisis is important, but not an inextricable command. It's not inflexible; it's not absolute.
A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent.
Even the lesser burdens of a criminal investigation - including preparing for questioning by criminal investigators - are time-consuming and distracting.
The Senate should consider a rule ensuring that every judicial nominee receives a vote by the Senate within 180 days of being nominated by the president.
I am part of the vibrant Catholic community in the D.C. area. The members of that community disagree about many things, but we are united by a commitment to serve.
If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It's been decided by the Supreme Court.
A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory.
In my view, it is unreasonable for EPA to exclude considerations of costs in determining whether it is 'appropriate' to impose significant new regulations on electric utilities.