Commitment Quote by Adam Cohen

The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the…

— Adam Cohen

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment…

— Anthony Kennedy

There are actually many justices in history who have used the dissent mechanism to discuss the law in ways that others find over time…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

“This is how we are being governed right now, people. Six conservative justices. They're just doing what they want. And what they want is…

— Shellen Lubin

Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges…

— Chuck Grassley

If judicial review means anything, it is that judicial restraint does not allow everything.

— Don Willett

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to the decisions…

— Jeff Greenfield

[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not they like…

— Jeffrey Rosen

The American people have made clear that they want justices who have proven records of judicial restraint - exactly the kind of justices that…

— Wendy Long

“I have long held that judicial restraint, expressed through a well-reasoned rejection, is at times the most efficient form of justice; preserving both time…

— Henrietta Newton Martin-Legal Professional & Author

“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an instrument of…

— Albie Sachs

Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves.

— Wendy Long

Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role.

— Kim Campbell

There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very…

— Donald Miller

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

— Adolf Loos