There were two Republican members of the Supreme Court—and God will reward them—who actually took the position that all votes should have been counted
In the decision of the 2000 Election.
Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.
The day you see a camera coming into the Supreme Court will be over my dead body.
Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court.
Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.
Candidly, Justice Thomas, I do not believe that you were indeed the most competent person to be on the Supreme Court.
As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great - says great things about our judicial system.
The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body.
I know the pundits and the news media have carried a lot of commentary about cameras in the courtroom, and there's a lot of controversy about it as a result of the Simpson case. But I have not had enough time to step back and enough time to evaluate that.
[Earl] Warren has become a hero to the Daily Worker [a communist newspaper]... I don't say that he is a Communist, but there is something radically wrong with him.... It is extremely unfortunate that he was ever confirmed as Chief Justice.
