When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights. — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
If judicial review means anything, it is that judicial restraint does not allow everything. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
You can be sure that Judicial Watch is investigating and monitoring the responses of our government to the coronavirus threat. — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty. — DMX Copy Share Image
Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think the President of the United States must operate by rules. I think our judicial system must operate by the rules.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of men anxious… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
Throw in neglect and politicization of the judicial system and you see the result: soaring rates of cocaine trafficking through Venezuela and… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
Abdul Nacer Benbrika's sentence doesn't expire, I'm told, until 2021, but I think it would be invidious for me as the Attorney-General… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
My immediate priorities are peace and stability. I want to differentiate between stability and security: Stability comes from the hearts of people… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder… — Terry Eastland Copy Share Image
When it comes to revamping our bail laws, we can't rely on judicial discretion alone. — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power. — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case. — Andrew Thomas Copy Share Image
As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view,… — Byron White Copy Share Image
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
I regret that some on the extreme right have been so critical of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and have adamantly opposed the… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
No judicial nomination should answer any question that is designed to reveal how the nominee will rule on any issue that could… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the… — John Witherspoon Copy Share Image
In the rare event that the Supreme Court refuses to play along [...] there is always a perfectly legal, extra-constitutional, quasi-legislative, quasi-executive,… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
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