"The first thing you do is ask yourself — forget about the law — what is a sensible resolution of this dispute?"

Translation: Forget all that stuff about our being a nation where we have rule of law and not rule of men. The law says what I say it says, no more and no less. <b>I am a judge!</b> When I hear a case, I rule! If the law disagrees with me, I will redefine it so it DOES agree with me. That's why I was in office. I was a legislator in a black robe, and I liked it.