Aids Quote by Alexander Hamilton

And, in general, that branch which is to act ultimately and without appeal on any law is the rightful expositor of the validity of…

— Thomas Jefferson

The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon…

— John Adams

[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their,…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Ayelet Shaked

The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere…

— John Marshall

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

— Orrin Hatch

The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the…

— Antonin Scalia

“Indeed, the Judges in the courts of law are more likely to be exposed to conflicts and disputes where the utility of law is…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but…

— Andrew Jackson

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to…

— William Blackstone

“Judges ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.”

— Francis Bacon