As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it.
And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.
I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
I don't write policy for my government.
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it.
The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.
If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution.