We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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
An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous. If its deployment… — Jed S. Rakoff 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 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
Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are some issues that are not in control of the government. Two of those issues are human rights and personal freedoms… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence,… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in… — Anthony Kennedy 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
It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humiliated and the orderly… — Hugo Black 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
If you and I go into a store to rob it, and I say "shoot," that's not protected. Like all judicial decisions… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anarchists generally make use if the word "State" to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by… — Errico Malatesta 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
Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
How do you get from, "We do not know whether this is protectable human life," to "Therefore, we will not protect it?"… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention. — James Toback Copy Share Image