The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
The judiciary wields enormous power but is utterly mysterious to most Americans. People know more about 'American Idol' judges than Supreme Court… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
If you believe that through putting the judiciary under political control you can make it a better judiciary, you are wrong, and… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
The judiciary is the only institution in the country which remains totally unaccountable. There is no institution with disciplinary powers over the… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Massachusetts constitution was written much later than the other revolutionary state constitutions, and thus it avoids some of the earlier mistakes.… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
In the legislature, the House of Representatives is chosen by less than half the people, and not at all in proportion to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable… — Byron White Copy Share Image
I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
If you follow Donald Trump's logic, say that he couldn't decide any civil rights cases because he would be biased.I mean, we… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
We [Israel] already have two very strong democratic tools - the two basic laws of personal liberties and human rights. I think… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Altering the Constitution has become the daily business of the Federal Government which the document is supposed to guide and limit. Both… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is no rule of law in Zimbabwe; there's selective application of the rule of law. Patrick Chinamasa, who is the minister… — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the… — P. Sathasivam Copy Share Image
Jim Jordan has already proven himself to be a leader and man of his word on these fronts as Chairman of the… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
New York [cannot] remain the center of commerce and capital for this continent, unless it has an independent bar and an honest… — Samuel J. Tilden Copy Share Image
“The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they think, but it… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As to whether I will ever get out, it will obviously take some large measures of public opinion because the judiciary system… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
Our government strives to create an independent and impartial judiciary that applies the law without bias or favoritism. And we are incorporating… — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
Normally, the secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding the appointment of judges of the higher judiciary ensures that citizens come to know… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
Conservatives cannot deny that our Founders intended the judiciary as an equal and independent branch of government purposed to ensure the protection… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
For any unbiased and realistic enquiry against judges, one needs a full time body, independent of the government as well as of… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
[Leftists] have all these embeds in their bureaucracy and in the judiciary. So even when they lose elections they have ample positions… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
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![“I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787. But his Massachusetts constitution was a model for those who thought about stable popular…” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/gordon-s-wood-13199_constitution_i-think-john-adams-s-influence-on-the-fe_2752626.jpg)
![“We [Israel] already have two very strong democratic tools - the two basic laws of personal liberties and human rights. I think we should also provide the judiciary with another tool so that they can rely on the fact that Israel is a Jewish state in verdicts.” quote by Ayelet Shaked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/ayelet-shaked-6674_democratic_we-israel-already-have-two-very-strong-d_1447979.jpg)
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![“[Leftists] have all these embeds in their bureaucracy and in the judiciary. So even when they lose elections they have ample positions of power occupied by career invisibles.” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/rush-limbaugh-28_bureaucracy_leftists-have-all-these-embeds-in-their_1658463.jpg)
