American politics Quote by Benjamin Wittes

This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. Liberals want justices to vote a certain way. We, conservatives, want a particular legal philosophy, a…

— Ann Coulter

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

— Michael Kinsley

The most contentious Supreme Court battles are when a Republican nominates someone to replace a liberal justice.

— Mollie Hemingway

If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike…

— Ann Coulter

People already think the court is there to become the final word on controversial political questions. So everybody looks to the Supreme Court as…

— Rush Limbaugh

In general, liberals fear conservative judges far too much. In almost all areas, in fact, they dramatically overstate the stakes.

— Benjamin Wittes

When conservative judges strike down laws, it's because of what's in the Constitution. When liberal judges strike down laws (or impose new laws), it's…

— Ann Coulter

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

The Supreme Court needs jurists, not politicians.

— Timothy Noah

Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass, those who…

— Robert Bork

The vast majority of people in academia, especially at the administrative level, have so little confidence in their ability to make an argument for…

— Katie Pavlich

It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism. On the…

— David Josiah Brewer