Concern Quote by Gerald R. Ford

Members of the Supreme Court have lifetime tenures because they're not supposed to do politics.

— Ben Sasse

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.

— Ted Cruz

I don't think we should have justices appointed that decide what they want to hear. It's all about the Constitution the way it was…

— Donald Trump

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.

— Paul Weyrich

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to…

— Jay Alan Sekulow

Judicial Watch is pleased that Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court will provide President Trump another opportunity to nominate a constitutional conservative…

— Tom Fitton

Many voters think about the makeup of the Supreme Court when they are choosing a president. The justices deal not only with constitutional issues…

— Helen Thomas

What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.

— Adam Cohen

We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects of public…

— Herb Kohl

I don't think we should have justices appointed that decide what they want to hear.

— Donald Trump

I think [Louis] Brandeis challenges all of the current justices. As he said, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must…

— Jeffrey Rosen