When I Entered College, I

I Attended The Public Schools.and I Have Happy Memories And Strong Memories Of Those Days And Good Memories Of The Good Sense And The Decency Of My Friends And My Neighbors.

I Assume That Those Who Cling To Old Beliefs Will Be Able To Whisper Their Thoughts In The Recesses Of Their Homes, But If They Repeat Those Views In Public, They Will Risk Being Labeled As Bigots And Treated As Such By Governments, Employers, And Schools.

I Have Been A Judge For 15 Years And I've Made Up My Own Mind During All That Time.

I Know From My Own Experience As A Parent That Parents Probably Teach Most Powerfully Not Through Their Words But Through Their Deeds. And My Parents Taught Me Through The Stories Of Their Lives. And I Don't Take Any Credit For The Things That They Did Or The Things That They Experienced, But They Made A Great Impression On Me.

Good Judges Are Always Open To The Possibility Of Changing Their Minds Based On The Next Brief That They Read, Or The Next Argument That's Made By An Attorney Who's Appearing Before Them, Or A Comment That Is Made By A Colleague During The Conference On The Case When The Judges Privately Discuss The Case.