Congress Quote by Arlen Specter

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

— Samuel Alito

I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to be election…

— Stephen Reinhardt

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

In 'Bush v. Gore,' five justices had a partisan outcome in mind and then made up the judicial principle to justify it, while claiming…

— Marvin Ammori

Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the…

— Antonin Scalia

To add to the confusion, some of the court's decisions involved multiple concurrences and dissents, making it hard even for lawyers and judges to…

— Mike DeWine

“Thus, though there is a psychological tendency of accepting the judge’s verdict and reasoning as expert reasoning and tinge of finality adorned to his discretely…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.

— Benjamin Franklin Fairless

At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent…

— John Paul Stevens

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and…

— Robert Bork

The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them.

— Wendy Long

It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting Rights Act…

— Henry Rollins