12 Quotes by Marci Hamilton

The people who are burdened are the lawyers. Who are you talking to? Normally you would pitch your whole argument to her. You know the court is going to change.

What I liked about them is they went so far out of their way to say the government should not be endorsing religion, because that's not always been true in the military.

It is a huge loss in the sense that when the government comes in and makes its arguments, it's easy to discount them when you don't understand how the system works. She was always looking to the whole meaning of the statute and the pragmatic effect of the statute.

Roberts is going to be hard to oppose, on a principled basis. The next nominee is going to make someone unhappy.

Roberts is going to be hard to oppose, on a principled basis,

I think she'll feel like this is a bonus. She's always loved the job. The saddest thing for her was going to be not being at opening day.

The poll numbers are bad. Katrina is added to other failures. The moderate choices look better politically,

We won't know his actual views until his first opinions at the court appear,

This replacement is extremely important because it's my view that John Roberts was a one-for-one replacement for the chief. Justice O'Connor held the middle in the court, and on many social issues, like separation of church and state, she was the crucial vote there.