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Judges should interpret the law, not make it.

The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.

We live in a period in which political disagreements are routinely handed over to the courts. Whenever you think that the president is wrong, you might well cry out that he has violated the Constitution - and ask federal judges to rule accordingly.

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

The Supreme Court needs jurists, not politicians.

My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.

The president strongly believes that marriage in this country ought to be between a man and a woman. He also believes it is something that ought to be decided by the people. He doesn't believe that judges ought to impose their will on the people.

Dealing with immigration should originate in Congress. The president should not act unilaterally.