Occupation: Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Birth: March 15, 1933
Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, i….
It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation..
Work for the things that you care about..
My own view, and I've said this many times, is as long as I can do the work full steam, I will stay on the Court. But when I feel myself slipping, wh….
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as ….
The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting..
I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other..
No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs..
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you..
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none i….
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavor….
I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization..
We do not read (the law) to elevate accommodation of religious observances over an institution's need to maintain order and safety, ... We have no ca….
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record….
One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exon….
People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty..
There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges..
Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain w….
One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you fin….
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….
Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry a….