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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military — Catherine Bell Copy Share Image
If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
The judicial system of Rwanda is not subordinate to France or France's interests. — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States - on the Eastern District of North Carolina. Not… — Richard Burr Copy Share Image
The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial… — Anonymous 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
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
I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White… — Harriet Miers 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
A question arises whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a… — John Adams 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
We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court, the final arbiter of legal conflicts, reviews, acts of the executive and Congress. With this power, the Court is… — Marites Dañguilan Vitug 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
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
When your child has matured sufficiently to understand how the judicial system works, set a bedtime for him and then send him… — Joseph Sobran 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
By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials,… — Thomas Merton 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
Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments. — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
The purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics. — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Behind this judicial wall of separation there is a tyranny of lies that will fall... I say to you, my friends, let… — Fob James Copy Share Image
Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process. We do… — Bill Belichick 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
Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise -… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
Jon Tester needs to be held accountable for his extreme partisan liberal record of supporting President Obama's judicial nominees 99% of the… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
![“. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/alexander-hamilton-619_aids_the-judicial-branch-may-truly-be-said-to_2679952.jpg)
![“As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another with measurable distinctness. There is the type magisterial or imperative; the type laconic or sententious; the type conversational or homely; the type…” quote by Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/benjamin-cardozo-15481_archives_as-i-search-the-archives-of-my-memory-i_2901354.jpg)
![“[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/thomas-jefferson-43_action_t-he-opinion-which-gives-to-the-judges-t_2055401.jpg)
![“It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.” quote by Sam Brownback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/sam-brownback-11107_action_it-may-seem-ironic-that-the-judicial-bra_1125214.jpg)
