To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Governments can and do expropriate investors or discriminate against them. Domestic judicial and administrative systems provide investors with one option for protecting… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
The only attitude (the only politics--judicial, medical, pedagogical and so forth) I would absolutely condemn is one which, directly or indirectly, cuts… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Indeed, what is startling about the notion of a victimless crime is that even when the behavior in question is genuinely victimless,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
If some people keep saying that the press is still not free in Turkey, then I would like to say this: there… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and… — Ahmad Sa'adat Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political-… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
By creating a prosecutor who is overseen over by a court, they are melding executive and judicial power in a way that… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
The Singapore judicial system's shameful recourse to using torture - in the form of caning - to punish crimes that should be… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
How Obama approaches judicial selection - and how Republicans respond - now becomes an important story and will remain so until the… — Terry Eastland Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico,… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled… — Philip Guedalla Copy Share Image
Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country.… — Timothy Murphy Copy Share Image
“The judicial wheel is rounded with equality, oiled with honour and functions smoothly with honesty – principally when both members of the… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go… — Wu Bangguo Copy Share Image
It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
And I think anyone would be interested to get to the bottom of accusations related to minors and related to abuse. So,… — Sameh Shoukry Copy Share Image
I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible… — Randy Quaid Copy Share Image
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Ending up in the right place in this debate requires starting in the right place. The right place to start is the… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
Narrow scope of judicial power was the reason that people accepted the idea that the federal courts could have the power of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
There are laws about personal protection so it's rare to see a politician criticized. Normally, according to the law, there's a judicial… — Xavier Durringer Copy Share Image
The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hope that the American public understands that we have three levels of government. We have the (unintelligible) the executive, but there's… — Stockard Channing Copy Share Image
The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
![“She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power.” quote by Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ffb/patrick-leahy-9772_administration_she-justice-sandra-day-o-connor-rejected_1644248.jpg)
![“[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering votes from recalcitrant citizens.” quote by Robert Bork](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/56e/robert-bork-16437_citizens_the-current-governing-judicial-philosoph_129141.jpg)
![“We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to obtain an abortion on demand]. The threat an [pro-life] judiciary poses to women's lives demands nothing less.” quote by Susana Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/34a/susana-martinez-18256_abortion_we-call-on-the-senate-to-reject-any-judi_2827123.jpg)
![“[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not they like them.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/df8/jeffrey-rosen-13180_judging_louis-brandeis-is-often-painted-as-an-ac_2304880.jpg)
![“Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that the State is without [in the words of Father Macksey] 'judicial authority to determine when war is necessary,' because it is never necessary.” quote by Ben Salmon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1df/ben-salmon-67204_assuming_either-christ-is-a-liar-or-war-is-never_369968.jpg)
