My judicial philosophy is straightforward.

Having seen first-hand how complex and difficult the job is, I believe it vital that the president be able to focus on his never-ending tasks with as few distractions as possible.

A president who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as president.

The earth is warming. Humans are contributing.

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

The hardest problems of all in law enforcement are those involving a conflict of law and local customs. History has recorded many occasions when the moral sense of a nation produced judicial decisions, such as the 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which required difficult local adjustments.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.