They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive,

The counting of votes that are of questionable legality does in my view threaten irreparable harm to [Bush], and to the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of his election, ... Count first, and rule upon legality afterward, is not a recipe for producing election results that have the public acceptance democratic stability requires.

I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned,

Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.

The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.

The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.