All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset.
A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.
I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president.
I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.
Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court.
My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.
The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now-ancient days, were of the same race and sex.
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.
I was a proponent of the ERA.
I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups.
I was a super once - an extra - in 'Die Fledermaus,' and was seated within three feet of Placido Domingo. I had never heard a voice of that beauty so close up. It felt as if an electric shock were running through me.
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house.
I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.
I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other.
The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step.
America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow.
I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young.
There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.
My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women.