Deborah Rhode - Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a

Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody comes to these cases with some preconceptions, and the premise of our judicial system is that judges by training and by ethical codes are obligated to set those prejudices aside and to decide on the facts and the law. And to claim that somebody can't simply because of their racial identity is deeply offensive.

- Deborah Rhode

source: "What Would Brandeis Do?". Interview with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.