Quote: The Vicar of Christ

Declan Walsh, law school dean, is responding to questions posed by the Senate resulting from his nomination to the Supreme Court:

“(N)o intelligent person can be without strong views on matters like race relations, criminal justice, or freedom of speech. All we can reasonably ask of judges is that they be aware of their views of issues of public policy, be willing to re-examine those views in light of any new evidence, and be sensitive to resist the temptation to read those views into the Constitution.”

-Walter F. Murphy
"The Vicar of Christ"