Judicial Quotes · Page 3

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments.

— Kevin Hassett

I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.

— Kapil Sibal

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

— Robert H. Jackson

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution

— Saxby Chambliss

Judicial review has developed since the 1970s as a way for individuals to challenge decisions taken by the State.

— Chris Grayling

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.

— Eric Holder

[Nicolas Maduro] completely controls the judicial branch, controls the courts, has denied their basic rights and the responsibility that the legislative branch…

— Marco Rubio

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

Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch…

— Marya Mannes

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that…

— Anonymous

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

A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by…

— Henrik Ibsen

Scorecards are common in the political process, but they are inappropriate in the judicial process. The most important tools in the judicial…

— Orrin Hatch

The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is…

— Leopoldo Lopez

The greatest horrors in the history of mankind are not due to the ambition of the Napoleons or the vengeance of the…

— Aleister Crowley

Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States…

— Eric Holder

The political terms 'will' and 'popular will' have a long track record in Western history going back to Rousseau. That record is…

— John Leo

Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at…

— Friedrich Schiller

Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their…

— Anonymous

Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it…

— Murray Rothbard

You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy…

— Deborah Rhode

Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its…

— Joseph Sobran

When a court goes too far, it actually weakens our respect for judicial institutions.

— Newt Gingrich

In Liberia, our salary scales are so low that our judicial system has become corrupt over the years. Now, we need to…

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

— Orrin Hatch

Judicial Watch's FOIA lawsuits have already shown the Obama State Department was corruptly targeting President Trump.

— Tom Fitton

I'll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.

— Bill Belichick

Without any direction from Congress, our judicial branch has unilaterally created and defined qualified immunity.

— Mike Braun

Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget.

— Phyllis Schlafly

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.

— Cornel West

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular…

— Diane Watson

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I know my judicial role is further constrained by careful adherence to precedent.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

I have often said there are few responsibilities more important than governors making judicial appointments.

— Phil Scott

The judicial system is really taking an activist role in preventing Trump from implementing his agenda.

— Dan Crenshaw

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

— Felix Frankfurter

There's no one who has sued the Trump administration on transparency issues more than Judicial Watch.

— Tom Fitton

Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany.

— Benjamin Carson