A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The debate over judicial nominations is a debate over the judiciary itself. It is a debate over how much power unelected judges… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Constitution provides for one democratic moment, Judge, before a lifetime of judicial independence, when the people of the United States are… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived… — Bayley Copy Share Image
As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it… — James Madison Copy Share Image
On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is especially imperative for Congress to exercise careful judgment in this area, because of the difficulty under existing laws, in obtaining… — John Shattuck Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, if you look at its website, it basically deals with commercial disputes, it's not allowed to deal with… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has sought to… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Russia with regards to human rights. There are several examples of this situation, such… — Cecilia Malmstrom Copy Share Image
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A question arises whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White… — Harriet Miers Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process. We do… — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Jon Tester needs to be held accountable for his extreme partisan liberal record of supporting President Obama's judicial nominees 99% of the… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise -… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of… — Martin Mayer Copy Share Image
Trump is not the victim of the judicial system; he is or has been the defendant in 3,500 lawsuits - that's not… — Christine Todd Whitman Copy Share Image
I think in the end officials in each country's judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
For the highest exercise of judicial duty is to subordinate one's personal pulls and one's private views to the law of which… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
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