Administration Quote by Felix Frankfurter

For the highest exercise of judicial duty is to subordinate one's personal pulls and one's private views to the law of which we are…

— Felix Frankfurter

The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has sought to further extend…

— Noah Feldman

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

— Felix Frankfurter

The indispensible judicial requisite is intellectual humility.

— Felix Frankfurter

One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero.

— Felix Frankfurter

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

— Herb Kohl

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism,…

— Thomas Jefferson

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.

— John Yoo

Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general get up…

— Ray McGovern

[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering…

— Robert Bork

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy…

— Anonymous

Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or she must…

— Herb Kohl