When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain level of respect from the courts that other people don't.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.
My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge... stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands.
What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.
One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don't.
A lot of guys are able to separate how they act off the court versus how they act on the court.
Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.
I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other.
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