John Roberts

Many of the proposals for dealing with the zero bound rely on influencing expectations, both of future interest rates and of future inflation.

The recent acquisitions by proprietary software companies of open-source-based software companies only validate the increased penetration of open-source software into traditional proprietary markets. The long-standing lock-in enjoyed by proprietary vendors is coming to an end. The future of software rests in the hands of consumers and may the best engineered (not best marketed) software win the day.

I will try to ensure, in the discharge of my responsibilities, that, with the help of my colleagues, I can pass on to my children's generation a charter of self-government as strong and as vibrant as the one that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed on to us.

He did what a judge should do s not give any indication on any specific case or how he might look at that because if he does, he's not going to be the impartial arbiter a judge should be,

The Framers were not the sort of people, having fought a revolution to get the right of self-government, to sit down and say, 'Let's take all the difficult issues before us and let's have the judges decide them.'

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

I've been to a lot of these hurricanes including Hugo in 1989 and Andrew in 1992, which were both considered to be some of the biggest storms to hit the United States with some of the most grievous damage, ... But I have to be honest to say I have never seen anything like this, that the scope of the human suffering here in New Orleans is difficult to comprehend, let alone try to convey to viewers through video and through storytelling. There are so many people here who have nothing, who have nowhere to go and are not being helped.

I have reviewed the testimony and have no objection to it. Although for the sake of any members of the subcommittee who may be in attendance, I hope that Mr. Brandemuhl is a fast reader.

While I'm happy to talk about the importance of precedent, I don't think I should get into the application of those principles in a particular area.

the importance of reaching out.

Its just about impossible to be in office and not do it.

very strongly in the separation of power that is very protective of our individual liberty.

it has to be in the context of the case . . . they don't have a license to go out and decide, 'I think this is an injustice and so I'm going to do something to fix it.'

there's no role for advocacy with respect to personal beliefs or views on the part of a judge.

Judge Roberts, the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts, the man.

impartiality and devotion to justice.

... She took the position that she should not comment. Justice O'Connor took the same position. She was asked about a particular case.

Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land, ... It's a little more than settled.

If they want to sell and get out, if they have enough land, it's OK, they can downsize and do that.

The lawyers aren't judges, the judges are,

The Democrats are worried about the hemorrhaging on the left. There's no question that Maria Cantwell is not as popular with her liberal Democratic base as Patty Murray, and now she's morphing into John Kerry,

We have had a bearish week in U.S. markets and people who had thought the range in rates would hold are now re-evaluating that view as the evidence points to a stronger U.S. economy.

Now is not the time to abandon support for political reasons.

Their official date to return is now June 5, but they will probably return a few weeks earlier to get the accumulated leave time that is due to them,

There has been a lot of support, and you need it in a time like this,