If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues that can rip the social fabric apart ... The courts are a safety valve without which… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it.... That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa or the… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
...testifying for Dr. Privitera...To these 19 cancer victims, the enforcement of (California) Health and Safety Code Sect. 1701.1, the denial of them medical treatment,… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
The courts are an easy scapegoat because at a time when everything has to boiled down to easy slogans, we speak in subtleties. — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be. — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it.... That does not fit my definition of… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
