When I Had My Confirmation Hearing For

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.

I Am Deeply Honored To Have Been Nominated For A Position On The Supreme Court. And I An Humbled To Have Been Nominated For The Seat That Is Now Held By Justice Sandra Day O'connor.

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.

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.

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.