A judge must be independent and must interpret the law…

There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution.

— Brett Kavanaugh

None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind.

— Neil Gorsuch

My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use…

— Bill Scott

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And…

— Anonymous

The Supreme Court should interpret the law, not make the law.

— Mike Parson

Judges should interpret the law, not make it.

— Lamar S. Smith

Our role as judges is to interpret the law.

— Thomas Hardiman

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice…

— Bennie Thompson

We need people who will strictly interpret the law and not be promoting an agenda, as is the danger right now with some members…

— Greg Laurie

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

— George W. Bush

“Judges ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.”

— Francis Bacon

Courts should interpret the law but leave elected lawmakers to create it.

— Dominic Raab

As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.

— Brett Kavanaugh

If I am to judge others, I should be subject to be judged. You make your bed, you must lie in it.

— Nigel Barker

It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church…

— Pope Benedict XVI