If you leave out the magnetic stardom of sportsmen and actors, middle-class India today really has just two heroes - the army… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
The rule of law and the independence of the judiciary underpin our democracy and lie at the heart of our way of… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
It is not the responsibility of the judiciary to amend poor legislative drafting, even if judges would personally prefer a different outcome… — Amul Thapar Copy Share Image
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
I applaud the fact that the president has reached out to the members of Judiciary Committee. And I applaud. the fact that… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have seen that the tendency of republican governments is to an aggrandizement of the legislative at the expense of the other… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. Nothing in the world was… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as… — Ted Simon Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution builds politics right into the process of selecting federal judges. This third branch, the judiciary, is designed to… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake.… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
Every institution of India - politicians, journalists and corporate chieftains - comes within the purview of the judiciary but when it comes… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I'm concerned about the recklessness of public policy that endangers people's lives, especially in… — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy - civil liberties and fundamental… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to… — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers set up the American judiciary as a check on the excesses of the elected branches and as a refuge… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's non-transparent attitude on the disclosure of assets is in line with the judiciary's steadfast refusal to allow any transparency… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is… — Joseph Estrada 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
Proponents of nationwide injunctions argue that they are necessary to ensure that the law is uniform throughout the country. But the federal… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
“The judicial wheel is rounded with equality, oiled with honour and functions smoothly with honesty – principally when both members of the… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
Those is power being largely corrupt, recognize that a non functional and corrupt judiciary will allow them to escape punishment even when… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
The review process was conducted in an extremely bipartisan manner. Minority members of the Judiciary Committee were responsible for the invitation of… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
The judiciary is peopled by judges who are human, and being human, they are occasionally motivated by considerations other than an objective… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Obama had the media; Obama had the judiciary; Obama had all kinds of support. At an Obama press conference, typical question, "What… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image