Committee Quote by Arlen Specter

Any Supreme Court confirmation needs to be a thoughtful process, with full respect for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Anyone who has followed my work knows that I'm an advocate of reducing the power of the High Court of Justice, according to the…

— Ayelet Shaked

I'm not going to comment on other justices' interpretations of the rules or what they're doing.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

— Brett Kavanaugh

All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned. There is…

— Fred Rodell

When it comes to the separation of powers, the Constitution makes it look pretty simple: Congress makes the laws, the president enforces them and…

— Asha Rangappa

Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position on that…

— John Roberts

On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence, and how…

— Dahlia Lithwick

In order to provide for their independence, the Constitution made judges of the superior courts immune from removal except by impeachment.

— Prashant Bhushan

An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws that they…

— Thomas Sowell

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

— Ayelet Shaked

Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.

— Arlen Specter