"Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I mis..."
"Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth polluting the interwebs with for posterity?"
"The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases."
"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
"As a district judge, I view my role quite differently than the role of legislators."
"There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals."
"Everyone should think seriously about public service at some point."
"In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing."
"As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting."
"Americans deserve to have their religious beliefs and practices protected. Religious freedom is too important to be trampled by insensitive bureaucracy or bad policy."
"In our 'Strictly' group, we really did bond. It's seemingly disappointing to some that we had no diva meltdowns. I made true friends during the experience, which is surprising because I'm not a new-pals sort of person."
"There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects."
"We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice."
"The Sixth Amendment secures to persons charged with crime the right to be tried by an impartial jury reflecting a fair cross-section of the community."
"When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight."
"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
"You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders."
"I find it amusing when you look at plastic surgeons because they don't seem to have had anything done."
"Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability."
"Well, that's the - the removal from office and removal of the Ten Commandments were two different issues."
"We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden."
"If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?"
"If you're a Texas Supreme Court Justice hopscotching across 254 counties, trying to tattoo your name onto the noggins of millions of voters, you must find creative ways to raise visibility and build awareness. Twitter, Facebook, etc. are low-cost but high-yield ways to leverage the support of key influencers and opinion leaders."
"Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one."
"What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter."
"I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.'"
