My Own View, And I've Said This

If You Have A Caring Life Partner, You Help The Other Person When That Person Needs It. I Had A Life Partner Who Thought My Work Was As Important As His, And I Think That Made All The Difference For Me.

We Do Not Read (the Law) To Elevate Accommodation Of Religious Observances Over An Institution's Need To Maintain Order And Safety, ... We Have No Cause To Believe That (the Law) Would Not Be Applied In An Appropriately Balanced Way, Without Sensitivity To Security Concerns.

You Can't Have It All, All At Once. Who—man Or Woman—has It All, All At Once? Over My Lifespan I Think I Have Had It All. But In Different Periods Of Time Things Were Rough. And If You Have A Caring Life Partner, You Help The Other Person When That Person Needs It.

Even The Declaration Of Independence Starts Out All Men Are Created Equal, So I See My Advocacy As Part Of An Effort To Make The Equality Principle Everything The Founders Would Have Wanted It To Be If They Weren't Held Back By The Society In Which They Lived And Particularly The Shame Of Slavery.

...the Court ...[recognizes]...the Persistence Of Racial Inequality And A Majority's Acknowledgement Of Congress's Authority To Act Affirmatively, Not Only To End Discrimination, But Also To Counteract Discrimination's Lingering Effects. Those Effects, Reflective Of A System Of Racial Caste [legal Segregation And Discrimination] Only Recently Ended, Are Evident In Our Work Places, Markets, And Neighborhoods. Job Applicants With Identical Resumes, Qualifications, And Interview Styles Still Experience Different Receptions, Depending On Their Race.