"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."

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"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."

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"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."

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"It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent."

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"I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less."

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"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."

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"People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost."

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"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."

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"Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants."

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"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."

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"I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control."

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"And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee."

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