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The Written Argument Endures. The Oral Argument Is Fleeting.

I Would Not Look To The United States Constitution If I Were Drafting A Constitution In The Year 2012.

I Conceived Of Myself In Large Part As A Teacher. There Wasn't A Great Understanding Of Gender Discrimination. People Knew That Race Discrimination Was An Odious Thing, But There Were Many Who Thought That All The Gender-based Differentials In The Law Operated Benignly In Women's Favor. So My Objective Was To Take The Court Step By Step To The Realization, In Justice Brennan's Words, That The Pedestal On Which Some Thought Women Were Standing All Too Often Turned Out To Be A Cage.

If I Resign Any Time This Year, He [president Obama] Could Not Successfully Appoint Anyone I Would Like To See In The Court. ... [a]nybody Who Thinks That If I Step Down, Obama Could Appoint Someone Like Me, They're Misguided.

The Impact Of All These Restrictions Is On Poor Women, Because Women Who Have Means, If Their State Doesn't Provide Access, Another State Does. ... It Makes No Sense As A National Policy To Promote Birth Only Among Poor People.