Court Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Haven't you heard, the Dread Scott decision has been overturned?" "Not out here, baby," Warren replied, without a second's hesitation. "For that matter, not…

— Joyce Haber

“In 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney handed down the Dred Scott decision upholding and extending slavery. Taney’s opinion was, it is generally agreed,…

— Charles Krauthammer

Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation…

— Mark Levin

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court must necessarily…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

— Lee Iacocca

The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.

— Antonin Scalia

We've had many times when a judge makes decisions that are inaccurate, and that's why we have an appeal processes

— Bernard C. Parks

Fortunately, Judge Richey's decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is an example of how far the purge of Christian values…

— Bruce L. Shelley

That the decision is taken away from the voters, and as in 2000 turned over to the lawyers and the courts.

— John Fund

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception…

— Samuel Alito

I think the Constitution has been upheld. I think they made the right decision.

— Michael Newdow