There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
The confidentiality of the judicial process would not matter greatly to an understanding and evaluation of the legal system if the consequences… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments. — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of men anxious… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
Judicial review has developed since the 1970s as a way for individuals to challenge decisions taken by the State. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The problem is when [the state] monitor all of us, en masse, all of the time, without any specific justification for intercepting… — Edward Snowden 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
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
He has absolutely no judicial supervision of all of this [ invasions of privacy ]. So all in all, [Barack] Obama is a disaster. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Russia with regards to human rights. There are several examples of this situation, such… — Cecilia Malmstrom 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
So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
I think how badly things can go wrong in our judicial system. All it took was one person saying that this was… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Constitution provides for one democratic moment, Judge, before a lifetime of judicial independence, when the people of the United States are… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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