Judicial Quotes

143 quotes by 115 authors

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it… — Robert Bork
I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws,… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. — Gijs de Vries
The Community Relations Service would be another pro-civil rights Federal agency attempting to make people do what the policy of the Federal Government demanded that… — John Sparkman
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one ...… — Auberon Waugh
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been impaired, judicial administration… — Ramsey Clark
The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of men anxious to exploit the… — Douglass North
On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in… — James Madison
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise… — Joseph Story
As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that each… — James Madison
The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements… — Alexander Hamilton
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a… — Alexander Hamilton
If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative, may be ranked… — Alexander Hamilton
When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given it,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by… — James Madison
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today. — Felix Frankfurter
JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military — Catherine Bell

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