It's insane. They are already (in prison). Treatment costs just a little bit more than what it does to simply warehouse these guys.

It's an all or nothing law, either commitment or they walk out the door. It's almost a set-up to send them out with no supervision at all.

This is not a passive action and it disproportionately affects black voters.

Quite a few of the men I've recommended for release have failed, and I've had to face that.

These represent the most significant civil rights cases the Supreme Court will have decided in the last quarter-century. This issue is nothing less than whether the doors of opportunity remain open for students of color.

Things went as I expected. I think Roberts's opening statement was eloquent. I've seen him in court. But the question for me is who is he.

We shouldn't be out here trying to work this out ourselves. This stuff should be in law.

Some people change their views over the course of time. For others, one could draw a straight line from where they were decades ago to where they are today. Nothing in the available record allows us to conclude that John Robert's views have changed. Indeed, given how deeply held those views have been, a change of mind would be remarkable.

I think today's opinions, taken together, constitute a strong endorsement of the constitutionality of affirmative action with the proviso that institutions have to make sure that they structure these programs the right way.

I think you're going to have other confusion from all of us. Many of us, we've been going to the same pharmacy for 30 years. I'm disappointed that we couldn't have had an absolute simple plan rather than this confusing thing.