Judiciary Quotes

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

— Charles Evans Hughes

A president shouldn't tell the judiciary what to do.

— Michel Temer

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government.

— Alexander Bickel

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

— Phyllis Schlafly

The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.

— James Dyson

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

— Fred Rodell

Judiciary is where my passion is.

— Patrick Leahy

You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.

— Stephen Kinzer

Judge Kavanaugh has an exemplary record of service to the judiciary and the rule of law.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic.

— Brett Kavanaugh

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

— Samuel Alito

The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges.

— Ken Livingstone

Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents.

— Alberto Gonzales

The reality is that our independent judiciary is the most respected branch of our government and the envy of the world.

— Ted Olson

If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the…

— Russell Kirk

If you want to amplify the data that you have, you need media, you need lawyers, you need the judiciary. Especially when…

— Ory Okolloh

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee,…

— Fred Thompson

The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the…

— Arundhati Roy

Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently -…

— Thomas Frank

We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature,…

— Walter Cronkite

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and…

— Rose Bird

Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media.…

— Edi Rama

The Turkish judiciary has a very strong nationalist tradition, which is gradually changing, but only gradually. And since there was a nationalist…

— Andrew Mango

President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all…

— John Roberts

Over the years, the judiciary has expanded its own powers by creative interpretations of the Constitution, particularly Article 21 which guarantees the…

— Prashant Bhushan

That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Tax Court is independent, and its neutrality is not clouded by prosecuting duties. Its procedures assure fair hearings. Its deliberations are…

— Robert H. Jackson

Deanell Tacha and I decided to write an editorial, because both of us have had experiences in countries where the rule of…

— Martha Minow

Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with sufficient…

— James Madison

Of course, in the states, about half the states elect their judges, and that's an even more direct involvement with politics. But…

— Martha Minow

That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of…

— George Mason

We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all…

— Thomas Jefferson

If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of…

— Walter Cronkite

It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be…

— Alexander Hamilton

What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution…

— James Madison

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any…

— Thomas Jefferson

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

— Frans Timmermans