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I Am A Judge Born, Raised, And Proud Of Being A Jew. The Demand For Justice Runs Through The Entirety Of The Jewish Tradition. I Hope, In My Years On The Bench Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, I Will Have The Strength And The Courage To Remain Constant In The Service Of That Demand.

The Second Amendment Has A Preamble About The Need For A Militia. Because There Is A Need For A Militia To Be At The Ready, Therefore The Right To Keep And Bear Arms Must Be Secured.

In Most Civil Law Systems There Are No Dissents. There Is A Single Opinion For The Court: It Is Unanimous; It Is Highly Stylized; You Can't Tell Which Judge Wrote It.

Sometimes People Say Unkind Or Thoughtless Things, And When They Do, It Is Best To Be A Little Hard Of Hearing — To Tune Out And Not Snap Back In Anger Or Impatience.

Dissents Speak To A Future Age. It's Not Simply To Say, 'my Colleagues Are Wrong And I Would Do It This Way.' But The Greatest Dissents Do Become Court Opinions And Gradually Over Time Their Views Become The Dominant View. So That's The Dissenter's Hope: That They Are Writing Not For Today But For Tomorrow.