he's not going to be a pushover or a shrinking violet.

I told him ... she can't be a shrinking violet. You cast me! It's not just somebody else. It's me! Let's just bomb her out,

This year, the whole court seems to be willing to go along with clear, concise, yet not very sweeping decisions. Some of these cases had the potential to be controversial, but they are focusing on the issues they agree on.

Liberal justices like Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg think as highly of him as someone like Clarence Thomas. I think that's a testament to the respect he enjoys.

Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain; I sit me by the bank, until The violets come again.

And if it comes to a point where he says, 'I can't do the job,' then I think he'll just quit. But we don't know if he's at that point yet.