Quotes by Joseph Hoffman

“He liked to bet with the other justices, over lots of things, such as how deep snow was going to fall in the courtyard,”

“The whole dynamic on the court is going to be different as new justices come on board. We have been having a very stable period on the court for quite a few years now.”

“Its historically not at all unusual for someone to come from outside the court and to be junior to many people already on the court to be nominated directly to be chief justice.”

“We advise and mentor students on finances, career choices, anything — they stay as long as they like,”

“The nature of judging is special from other decision making, ... They have to suppress their gut instincts and rule from precedents, the rule of law.”

“Most of the soldiers were going to see came back two months ago and have had time to demobilize, ... Their needs will be different than those who have just returned.”

“Hes not a bomb-thrower. He cares about other peoples points of view, ... In the hearings, we learned exactly what we wanted to learn about Roberts. Hes judicious ... Bush stepped up in picking Roberts. He picked someone who was going to be a judicial conservative, not an injudicial conservative.”

“In some ways, he may be looking down at all of this and be amused by it all. He was a person who liked being anonymous.”

“The absolute numbers are in the opposite direction.”

“There is the complicating factor of the disease itself causing these effects,”