Authority Quote by Alexander Hamilton

[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment is best…

— Sam Brownback

The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try as best…

— Diane S. Sykes

The courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branches of government.

— Matthew Whitaker

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or…

— Nina Totenberg

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

As judges, we are public servants. And it is up to the people to determine what the structure and form and function of the…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

The maxim of courts is that manner is power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the…

— Thomas Sowell

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.

— Edwin Meese

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

— Ayelet Shaked

Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the…

— Rose Bird

When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that…

— Cyril Ramaphosa