Charles T. Canady

The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer,…

— Charles T. Canady

I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adopted.

— Charles T. Canady

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a…

— Charles T. Canady

I love being a judge, and I anticipate being a judge for the rest of my life.

— Charles T. Canady

My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the…

— Charles T. Canady

My approach to deciding cases is I look at the law, I look at the facts, and I do my best to…

— Charles T. Canady

The president, it seems to me, stands out as the one person in our system who is in a unique position where…

— Charles T. Canady

I have had to make a decision I may not agree with, but I am required to follow the letter of the…

— Charles T. Canady

I certainly would not vote against a particular judge already in office because of a decision in a case. You may not…

— Charles T. Canady

The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not…

— Charles T. Canady

The Supreme Court has in place a legal structure which protects abortion rights in this country, and something has got to be…

— Charles T. Canady

Americans deserve to have their religious beliefs and practices protected. Religious freedom is too important to be trampled by insensitive bureaucracy or…

— Charles T. Canady

I really can't imagine how anyone could, in good conscience, oppose the proposition that the states should be able to deny the…

— Charles T. Canady

Families are not merely constructs of outdated convention, and traditional marriage laws were not based on animosity toward homosexuals. Rather, I believe…

— Charles T. Canady

Impeachment must not be a raw exercise of political power in which the House impeaches whoever it wishes for any reason it…

— Charles T. Canady

Some of my colleagues I have the most differences with in decisions are ones with whom I have a very friendly relationship.…

— Charles T. Canady

It does violence to the English language to assert that a president who has violated a duty entrusted to him by the…

— Charles T. Canady