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
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 only attitude (the only politics--judicial, medical, pedagogical and so forth) I would absolutely condemn is one which, directly or indirectly, cuts… — Jacques Derrida 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
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
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
Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico,… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled… — Philip Guedalla Copy Share Image
Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
How Obama approaches judicial selection - and how Republicans respond - now becomes an important story and will remain so until the… — Terry Eastland 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
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
The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations… — Thomas Jefferson 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
General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I hope that the American public understands that we have three levels of government. We have the (unintelligible) the executive, but there's… — Stockard Channing Copy Share Image
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore, there is no need for… — Sonny Landham Copy Share Image
Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
There is a difference between constitutional government and judicial dictatorship, and I think it's time we remembered that our Constitution was not… — Alan Keyes 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
If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known… — Anonymous Copy Share Image