"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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"As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there."

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

Whim

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

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"I think it shows that if you have one group of people doing it, you'll get another group of people doing it."

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

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

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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."

Country

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

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"To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty."

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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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"Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public."

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