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I've Learned A Lot During My Years On The 3rd Circuit, Particularly, I Think, About The Way In Which A Judge Should Go About The Work Of Judging. I've Learned By Doing, By Sitting On All Of These Cases. And I Think I've Also Learned From The Examples Of Some Really Remarkable Colleagues.

If You Want Know What Sort Of A Justice I Would Make, Then Look At What Sort Of A Judge I Have Been.

When I Became A Judge, I Stopped Being A Practicing Attorney. And That Was A Big Change In Role.the Role Of A Practicing Attorney Is To Achieve A Desirable Result For The Client In The Particular Case At Hand. But A Judge Can't Think That Way. A Judge Can't Have Any Agenda, A Judge Can't Have Any Preferred Outcome In Any Particular Case And A Judge Certainly Doesn't Have A Client.

I Assume That Those Who Cling To Old Beliefs Will Be Able To Whisper Their Thoughts In The Recesses Of Their Homes, But If They Repeat Those Views In Public, They Will Risk Being Labeled As Bigots And Treated As Such By Governments, Employers, And Schools.

When I Had My Confirmation Hearing For The Court Of Appeals, [my Son] Philip Was 3 Years Old. And When I Was Called Up To The Chair He Took It Upon Himself To Run Up And Sit Next To Me In Case Any Hard Questions Came Up.