"I had never before argued a Supreme Court case on my own. Since arguments in that court are thirty minutes in length …"

"In my conception of it, the primary role of the Court is to decide cases. From the decision of cases, of course, some…"

"The first opinion the Court ever filed has a dissenting opinion. Dissent is a tradition of this Court... When someone…"

"The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership."

""At the Supreme Court, those who know don’t talk, and those who talk don’t know,” Ginsburg was fond of saying."

"This Court is forever adding new stories to the temples of constitutional law, and the temples have a way of collapsi…"

"Civil liberties had their origin and must find their ultimate guaranty in the faith of the people. If that faith shou…"

"The court is the least abstract of institutions. It is nine men, nine very human men, participating in a process that…"

"In an election year, we have a long tradition, that a lame-duck president doesn't get to jam a Supreme Court nominee …"

"Why would we cut off the national debate about this next justice? Why would we squelch the voice of the people? Why w…"