Agendas Quote by Fred W. Friendly

The court doesn't follow public opinion. The court's views are radically out of step with public opinion.

— Ted Cruz

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

— Warren E Burger

“Thus, we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited,…

— William J. Brennan

But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether…

— Bob Schieffer

The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of Independence, an…

— John Marshall Harlan II

To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should strike down…

— Mark Levin

I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of…

— John F. Kennedy

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment…

— Abraham Lincoln

The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views…

— Hugo Black

The media have such a strong hand in deciding what people's perceptions are. They decide what the agenda is going to be, what the…

— Rob Lowe

To the chagrin of many, the media gravitates towards controversy.

— Dan Abrams