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MOMENT I WILL MOST INTENSELY REMEMBER, BECAUSE THERE WERE LAWYERS WHO I HAD KNOWN FOR YEARS SITTING AT THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US READY TO ARGUE. BUT THEN...
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| 00:00:16 |
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OF EVERYONE'S FACE, AND I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH PEOPLE BELIEVE AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE COURT'S DECISIONS. YOU SEE THE ANTICIPATION, AND...
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| 00:02:01 |
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THEM, EXCEPT THE TO A ASKED, WERE ASKED BY OTHER JUSTICES, SO I WAS AWARE, BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE FIRST QUESTION WOULD ACTUALLY
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| 00:02:09 |
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BE, BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT DIRECTION MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO GO WITH THEIR QUESTIONS AND WHAT WOULD BE LEFT FOR ME TO ASK. SO THE QUESTIONS...
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| 00:02:45 |
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OR THAT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, SO NO, IT WAS NOT FAKE. >>
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| 00:02:50 |
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WHAT WAS ALL OF THAT WEEK LIGHT, WITH THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY, YOUR FAMILY COMING TO BE THERE WITH YOU, ALL THE MEDIA COVERAGE THAT YOU GOT? ARE YOU...
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| 00:03:15 |
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WOW, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING TO ME? THAT IS WHAT THAT FELT LIKE. ONE QUESTION THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD NOT KNOW TO ASK WAS WHAT WAS THE
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| 00:03:27 |
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MOST SYMBOLIC, MEANINGFUL MOMENT FOR ME DURING MY PUBLIC INVESTOR? IT WAS SITTING IN JUSTICE MARSHALL'S CHAIR AND TAKING THE OATH WITH MY HAND ON JUSTICE...
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| 00:04:48 |
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TO KNOW HOW MUCH PEOPLE TRUST THE COURTS. DESPITE THE SKEPTICISM WITH WHICH SOME DECISIONS ARE
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| 00:05:01 |
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RECEIVED, IN THE END, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE WORLD HAS CONFIDENCE THAT THE NINE JUSTICES ARE RENDERING DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR BEST ABILITY...
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| 00:06:41 |
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REVIEW THEM AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE ANSWERS WE HAVE GIVEN
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| 00:06:44 |
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SHOULD BE REVISITED AT ANY POINT. IT SHOULD NOT BE DONE LIGHTLY, AND IT NEVER IS, BUT IT IS A GIFT TO AMERICA THAT CAN BE DONE. >> I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT...
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| 00:07:14 |
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I WAS TOLD THAT MONDAY, I HAD BEEN TOLD ALL WEEKEND THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE MAKING UP HIS MIND, MAKING HIS DECISION SOMETIME ON MONDAY. I HAD BEEN...
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| 00:07:37 |
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THE PHONE CALLS I GOT INSTEAD WERE FROM MY FAMILY, ASKING ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I WAS GETTING THE CALLS ALMOST HOURLY, AND EVERY HOUR I WOULD SAY,...
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| 00:11:16 |
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CONNECTED TO MY COMMUNITY. I SAID TO HIM THAT THOSE WERE
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| 00:11:21 |
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TWO EASY PROMISES TO MAKE, BECAUSE THOSE TWO THINGS I COULD NOT CHANGE. AND HE THEN SAID WE WOULD SEE EACH OTHER IN THE MORNING. >> DID YOU, IN FACT,...
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| 00:11:55 |
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SPEECH, SO I HAD A DRAFT, BUT I WAS STILL WORKING
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| 00:11:57 |
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ON IT. >>
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| 00:11:58 |
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| 00:12:02 |
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IT IS ABOUT FOUR HOURS FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON? >> IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THEY TORRENTIAL RAINS STARTED ON THE DRIVE AND IT KNOCKED OUT OUR...
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| 00:12:25 |
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UP AND LOOK AT MY FRIEND AND
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| 00:12:28 |
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SAY, TOM, WE ARE NOT GOING INTO WASHINGTON, WE ARE GOING AWAY FROM WASHINGTON. YOU BETTER STOP. SO WE PULLED OVER ON A ROAD, AND I STARTED CALLING UP...
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| 00:13:37 |
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PAPERS IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO
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| 00:13:40 |
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DO THAT, I SAID, I GOT IT, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO SHOWER AND GET DRESSED COMFORTABLY. I CHOSE TO BE A LAWYER AND ULTIMATELY A JUDGE BECAUSE I FIND IN...
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| 00:14:51 |
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I DID NOT WANT TO JINX THE PROCESS BY BECOMING INVOLVED AND THINKING
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| 00:14:56 |
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ABOUT CLERKS, SO I ASKED HIM TO LOOK OVER ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW THEM AND PICK A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR ME....
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| 00:15:44 |
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THEY CAME. TWO OF THEM
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| 00:15:46 |
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STARTED THAT MONDAY AND TO THE MONDAY AFTER. >> REFERENCING THE HEARINGS, IN HISTORY, YOU ARE ONE OF THE USOC JUSTICE WHO HAVE SERVED AT ALL THREE LEVELS...
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| 00:16:12 |
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MONTHS OF MY ACTUAL HEARINGS, I HAD MODERATED A PANEL FOR THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY AT YALE LAW SCHOOL. ON THE PANEL WERE A COUPLE OF PROFESSORS AND A COUPLE...
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| 00:16:31 |
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A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE MEANING OF THE PROCESS AND STATEMENTS, CRITICISMS ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND MY VERY LAST QUESTION TO THE PANELISTS WAS,...
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| 00:18:43 |
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ON THAT AND SAY THAT WAS TIME WELL INVESTED? >> I THINK I AM THE
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| 00:18:48 |
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FIRST JUSTICE
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| 00:18:49 |
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WHO HAS MET WITH THAT MANY SENATORS. I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY. BUT CERTAINLY
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| 00:18:55 |
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AMONG THE MORE RECENT JUSTICES,
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| 00:19:00 |
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YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I THINK IT WAS HEALTHY. THERE
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| 00:19:08 |
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WERE MANY -- WITH MANY SENATORS, I HAD VERY MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT JUST LIKE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE A...
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| 00:20:50 |
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AND TAKE THEIR SEATS ON THE COURT. IN FACT, THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, MOST OBSERVERS OF YOU HAVE NOTED THAT YOU'VE MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT. YOU MENTIONED...
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| 00:20:58 |
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PANEL SESSION THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN TO BE VISIBLE, TO BE OUT TALKING ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COURTS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU INTEND
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| 00:21:05 |
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TO CONTINUE HERE? >> YES. THAT I THINK WAS PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST OF ME WHICH WAS TO STAY COMMITTED TO MY COMMUNITY. MY COMMUNITY IS...
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| 00:21:27 |
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PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OUR SYSTEM BETTER. AND THERE'S NO WAY OF DOING THAT UNLESS YOU'RE A PART OF THE PROCESS OF TALKING WITH THEM. AND YES, I FULLY EXPECT...
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| 00:22:14 |
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YOUR BIOGRAPHY AS -- WENT THROUGH THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS. AND YOU
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| 00:22:19 |
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TALK ABOUT THE INVITATIONS YOU'VE GOTTEN. HAS ANYONE APPROACHED YOU YET TO WRITE A MEMOIR OF YOUR LIFE STORY? >> MANY PEOPLE HAVE. >> DO YOU INTEND TO...
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| 00:22:32 |
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MANY OF THE JUSTICES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO IN THIS PROCESS HAVE TOLD US THAT IT TAKES YEARS TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THIS COURT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE GIVEN YOUR...
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| 00:22:47 |
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FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE? >>
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| 00:22:48 |
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YES. >>
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| 00:22:49 |
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| 00:22:51 |
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WHY? >> I FOUND BOTH -- WHEN I STARTED ON THE DISTRICT COURT, I DON'T THINK THAT ANY START WOULD HAVE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF ANXIETY,
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| 00:23:08 |
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| 00:23:11 |
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NEW LEARNING, NEED
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| 00:23:13 |
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FOR REACHING DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF TO ABSORB NEW INFORMATION. I TELL PEOPLE THAT IN GIVING A SPEECH DURING MY FIRST YEAR ON THE DISTRICT COURT, NEAR THE...
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| 00:25:33 |
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INVITED ME TO CALL THEM WITH QUESTIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S -- I CAN IDENTIFY ANY ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I'VE BEEN
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| 00:25:42 |
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TURNING TO. ACTUALLY, IT DEPENDS A GREAT DEAL ON WHETHER I'M MEETING THEM IN THE HALL. BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION ON MY MIND. AND WHEN I MEET...
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| 00:26:32 |
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OUTSIDE THE COURT HAVE VERY LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BURDENS OF THE COURT. REVIEWING CERT PETITIONS OF WHICH THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN
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| 00:26:42 |
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GROWING EXPONENTIALLY EACH YEAR IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. I OBVIOUSLY HAVE ONLY HAD AN OCCASION TO WORK ON ONE CASE SO FAR. BUT...
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| 00:27:36 |
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EACH ISSUE WE'RE ADDRESSING IS ALSO -- AND EACH DRAFT THAT WE'RE ISSUING IS ADDRESSING THE IMPORTANT POINTS
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| 00:27:43 |
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THAT THE PARTIES ARE MAKING. AND SO I GUESS WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM ME IS A VERY INTERACTIVE COLLEAGUE. BOTH IN WELCOMING THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND INCORPORATING...
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| 00:28:19 |
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OR POPPING OUT OF MY DESK AND RUNNING INTO THEM AND SAYING, HOW ABOUT THIS? AND ENGAGING THEM WITH
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| 00:28:25 |
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THE IDEA. BUT I DO LIKE WORKING AT MY DESK. >> YOU'VE ONLY EXPERIENCED ONE AND CERTAINLY IT WAS A SHORTENED ONE, CONFERENCE, AND WE'VE LEARNED...
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| 00:28:50 |
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SPEAK IN TURN. I DIDN'T EXPECT ANY LESS. BUT WAS -- HAD MY EXPECTATIONS PLEASANTLY CONFIRMED THAT THE JUSTICES ARE ACTUALLY VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
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| 00:29:06 |
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WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND EACH ONE WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT GIVING THEIR REASONS FOR THEIR VOTE. AND AS I SAID, I DIDN'T EXPECT ANY LESS. BUT I WAS...
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| 00:29:45 |
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LAWYER, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT YOU HAD TO PLAN EVERYTHING TO THE LAST DETAIL. BUT THE BEST LAWYER WAS THE ONE WHO WENT IN ANDUS DID WHAT WAS RIGHT AT...
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| 00:30:01 |
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HOW I'LL APPROACH EVERYTHING IN MY JUDGING PROCESS. >> JUSTICE ALITO HAS A CHANCE TO TURN OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JUNIOR MOST JUSTICE. DID...
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| 00:30:25 |
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CONFERENCE AT THE END OF CONFERENCE, I BROUGHT COOKIES FROM AN ITALIAN BAKERY IN BROOKLYN. AND SO I WAS HAVING COFFEE AND COOKIES COME IN.
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| 00:30:36 |
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AND THE COURT PERSONNEL WHO WAS HELPING US WITH THAT WANTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AS THE JUSTICES WERE LEAVING AND I SAID NO, YOU CAN'T TAKE MY JOB. I JUST...
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| 00:31:27 |
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ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE TRADITION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. WHAT HOLIDAYS -- WHAT I DO ON A HOLIDAY, WHO I SPEND THEM WITH. THE ROLES THAT EACH PERSON...
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| 00:31:44 |
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PROCESS THAT'S GREATER THAN OURSELVES. THEY REMIND US THAT THE ROLE THAT WE'RE PLAYING IS NOT A PERSONAL ROLE. THAT -- AND NOT A ROLE THAT SHOULD HAVE...
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| 00:33:24 |
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JOBS? >> I'M SMILING ONLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT, WHEN YOU SELECT A JUSTICE, THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT YOU'RE SELECTING A WAY -- A JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY,...
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| 00:33:47 |
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HISTORY OF THE COURT IS NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE. THE HISTORY OF THE COURT IS HOW EACH OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT HAS CONTRIBUTED, OF YOU, A WAY OF...
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| 00:35:08 |
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IN 2009, 2010, EVEN CONTEMPLATING A CAREER IN THE LAW? >> HADN'T ANTICIPATED THAT QUESTION. BUT WHAT I TELL YOUNG PEOPLE IN SELECTING CAREERS AT ALL IS...
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| 00:35:36 |
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AND THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY HARD. IF YOU LIKE WORKING WITH YOUR HANDS, THEN FIND A CAREER THAT LETS YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL...
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