And What My Constitutional Values Are Are

What My Political Views Or My Constitutional Views Are Just Doesn't Matter.

Perhaps Most Important, Judges Will Have Goals. And Because This Is So, Judges Will Often Try To Mold And Steer The Law In Order To Promote Certain Ethical Values And Achieve Certain Social Ends. Such Activity Is Not Necessarily Wrong Or Invalid.

Suppose A State Said That, Because We Think That The Focus Of Marriage Really Should Be On Procreation, We Are Not Going To Give Marriage Licenses Anymore To Any Couple Where Both People Are Over The Age Of 55. Would That Be Constitutional?

And What My Constitutional Values Are Are Wholly Irrelevant To The Job, And So Neither You Nor Anyone Else Will Know What They Are.

I Owe A Debt Of Gratitude To Two Other Living Justices. Sandra Day O'connor And Ruth Bader Ginsburg Paved The Way For Me And So Many Other Women In My Generation. Their Pioneering Lives Have Created Boundless Possibilities For Women In The Law. I Thank Them For Their Inspiration And Also For The Personal Kindnesses They Have Shown Me.