I'm Not Any Kind Of A Bigot,

I Know That Some Poor Immigrants From That Era Had Unrealistic Expectations And Were Disappointed, But I Don't Think My Grandparents Were Disappointed At All, Even Though They Experienced Some Very Hard Times During The Great Depression.

Our Country As A Whole, No Less Than The Hastings College Of Law, Values Tolerance, Cooperation, Learning, And The Amicable Resolution Of Conflicts. But We Seek To Achieve Those Goals Through "[a] Confident Pluralism That Conduces To Civil Peace And Advances Democratic Consensus-building," Not By Abridging First Amendment Rights.

This Was A Time Of Great Intellectual Excitement For Me. Both College And Law School Opened Up New Worlds Of Ideas.

Good Judges Develop Certain Habits Of Mind. One Of Those Habits Of Mind Is The Habit Of Delaying Reaching Conclusions Until Everything Has Been Considered.

When I Was Growing Up, We Always Had A Big Family Dinner At Around Noon On Sunday. I Still Love That Whenever It Is Possible To Gather The Family Together.