Harvey Silverglate

This is a republic we have here.

And anyone who tries to, for example, enlarge the court from 9 to 12 in order to get more liberals on the court, then some other administration will try to enlarge it from 12 to 15 to get more liberals on the court.

You'd have a...

constant fiddling with a very important institution.

Correct.

Well, let me say this.

My father died at 48.

He died because he smoked, he died at 48 because he smoked four packs of camels a day.

He got a massive heart attack at 43.

He continued to smoke despite that he died at 48.

So I did not expect to live this long because I thought it was genetic.

It turns out it was cigarettes.

So here I am, I'm gonna be 81 on May 10th.

I was born on May 10th, 1942, which is Mother's Day coincidentally.

And I realize I'm not gonna live forever.

I also take pride in the fact that I have demonstrated that a lawyer does not have to go with a law firm in order to manage to make it.

You can make your own, write your own, what's the word?

Write your own ticket.

I've done that.

I agree that I've had an elite education.