My advice would be to whoever is going after judges by name, whether it's the president or anybody else, I think it's a terrible idea. I don't think it's a very smart thing to do a Muslim ban.

[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause?

This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? "Due process". We're very proud of it.

Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is.

The more heavily the government regulates the market, the more competition is impeded.

Most of us continue to believe that those who show utter contempt for human life by committing remorseless, premeditated murder justly forfeit the right to their own life.

Just to prove that even the silliest idea can be pursued to its illogical conclusion, Legal Realism spawned Critical Legal Studies.

Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights.

I was born under Communism. I know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to whisper. Where the state is so pervasive and so intrusive.

If we as a society are willing to take away human life, we should be willing to watch it.

The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing to face up to the cruelty, we ought not to be doing it.

Trust but check. Check on those we trust.

English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Hillary Clinton possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. I am proud that she will be our next secretary of state.

We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.

Any fool can hide, few can play.

Without standards, there can be no improvement.

Look, when I got in trouble in school I got in trouble at home. Now when kids get in trouble at school, the teacher gets in trouble. So the families are important.