I need to retire from retirement.
From Sandra Day O'Connor
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.
I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like.
Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.
Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.
The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.
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