“The whole dynamic on the court is going to be different as new justices come on board. We have been having a very stable period on the court for quite a few years now.”
“It's historically not at all unusual for someone to come from outside the court and to be junior to many people already on the court to be nominated directly to be chief justice.”
“The nature of judging is special from other decision making, ... They have to suppress their gut instincts and rule from precedents, the rule of law.”
“Most of the soldiers we're going to see came back two months ago and have had time to demobilize, ... Their needs will be different than those who have just returned.”
“He's not a bomb-thrower. He cares about other people's points of view, ... In the hearings, we learned exactly what we wanted to learn about Roberts. He's judicious ... Bush stepped up in picking Roberts. He picked someone who was going to be a judicial conservative, not an injudicial conservative.”
