Stephen Breyer

At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.