Discretion Quote by Edward Gibbon

When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial…

— Mark Levin

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

— Anonymous

The judges are subject to the law.

— Yoav Gallant

Though this motion for a new trial is an application to the discretion of the Court, it must be remembered that the discretion to…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Who can judge the judge?

— Kami Garcia

“The Judges cannot make new law by new decisions; they do not assume a power of that kind: they only endeavour to declare what…

— Daniel Hannan

I don't have any respect for judges who arrive at the result first, and then try to figure out some way they can bend…

— Jed S. Rakoff

Our role as judges is to interpret the law.

— Thomas Hardiman

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

— Francis Bacon

...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable.

— Luther L. Bohanon

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

— Baron de Montesquieu

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

— Orrin Hatch