I try to be a leader out there. I get so into the game that sometimes I act like an idiot, sometimes I am really loud, sometimes I am quiet. It just depends on the situation. I definitely wear my emotions on my sleeve, but it is because I just want to win. |
I was a staff lawyer, ... I didn't have a position. |
I was not formulating policy. I was articulating and defending the [Reagan] administration's position, |
I will be my own man on the Supreme Court, period, |
I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court. I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans. |
I will try to ensure, in the discharge of my responsibilities, that, with the help of my colleagues, I can pass on to my children's generation a charter of self-government as strong and as vibrant as the one that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed on to us. |
I would have to vote no. |
I would resist the suggestion that I'm racially insensitive, ... I know why the phrase, 'Equal Justice Under Law' is carved in marble above the Supreme Court entrance. |
I, John Roberts, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States..., |
I'd accuse (judges or justices who rely on foreign law) of getting it wrong on that point and I'd hope to sit down with them and debate it and reason about it, |
I'd like them to start by saying he was confirmed, [but] whether they say that or not, the answer is the same: I would like them to say I was a good judge, |
I'll be bound to follow the Supreme Court precedent regardless of what type of constructionist I might be, |
I'm certainly not an expert in the area and haven't followed and have no way of evaluating the relative effectiveness of the law as amended or the law as it was prior to 1982. |
I'm free to chase anything that moves, and a lot of things that don't move. The opportunities are boundless. I am, at my very core, a reporter. |
I'm not an ideologue. |