The justice stayed far away from the Brett Kavanaugh controversy in an interview on Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court halts a major EPA regulation Tuesday as lower courts deliberate its future.
While the nation was focused on big, controversial cases, corporate America was quietly racking up a remarkable string of victories in the high court this term.
The late justice once discussed running for vice president and later gave President Obama an unsolicited recommendation for the Supreme Court.
The Maryland Republican -- along with former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell -- had some harsh words for the party as he considered the 2012 election.