Judicial Quotes · Page 3

I have often said there are few responsibilities more important than governors making judicial appointments.

— Phil Scott

I know my judicial role is further constrained by careful adherence to precedent.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular…

— Diane Watson

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.

— Cornel West

The judicial system of Rwanda is not subordinate to France or France's interests.

— Paul Kagame

I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States - on the Eastern District of North Carolina. Not…

— Richard Burr

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military

— Catherine Bell

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality…

— Anthony Kennedy

The most powerful country in world history, which is sure to set its stamp on what follows, placed the entire government (executive,…

— Noam Chomsky

Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to…

— Kapil Sibal

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should…

— John Ensign

Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary…

— Thomas Sowell

Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would…

— Dick Durbin

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that…

— William Blackstone

But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more…

— John Paul Stevens

I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I…

— James Madison

Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional…

— George Will

Exceptions to the traditions of dumpy dignity and fake learnedness in law review writing are as rare as they are beautiful. Once…

— Fred Rodell

Men must always have distinguished (e.g. in judicial matters) between hearsay and seeing with one's own eyes and have preferred what one…

— Leo Strauss

It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto…

— George Will

“The Supreme Court, the final arbiter of legal conflicts, reviews, acts of the executive and Congress. With this power, the Court is…

— Marites Dañguilan Vitug

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to…

— Jeff Greenfield

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well.

— Juan Manuel Santos

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.

— Paul Weyrich

Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand.

— Aristotle

Behind this judicial wall of separation there is a tyranny of lies that will fall... I say to you, my friends, let…

— Fob James

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.

— Anonymous

The purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Judicial review has developed since the 1970s as a way for individuals to challenge decisions taken by the State.

— Chris Grayling

I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution

— Saxby Chambliss

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

— Thomas Jefferson

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

— Robert H. Jackson

I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.

— Kapil Sibal

Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments.

— Kevin Hassett

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.

— John Yoo

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.

— Ron Kind

He has absolutely no judicial supervision of all of this [ invasions of privacy ]. So all in all, [Barack] Obama is a disaster.

— Nat Hentoff