My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our system of justice to develop some new legal tools and new concepts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Our role as judges is to interpret the law.
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.
During my time as a judge, as a justice, and as attorney general, I've had one overarching goal, and that is a strict interpretation and application of the laws and the Constitution. I would be Madisonian.
I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.
I like practicing law.
As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.