Blow Quote by Hugo Black

“None on the Court be well disposed to the hearing of reason,I'm afraid. They are gripped with fear for their own reputations.”

— Katherine Howe

A courtroom is supposed to be a place where the status quo can be disrupted - even upended - when the Constitution or laws…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

“A courtroom is a war zone where enemies confront each other in a bloodless battle using only the weapons of information, principles, and logic…

— David Bagby

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is…

— Anita Hill

Our courts provide a neutral forum for the adjudication of disputes under the law, not based on economic or political power, on race, on…

— Jon Kyl

In the past, there were groups which felt that the High Court didn't represent them.

— Ayelet Shaked

Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a…

— Helen Garner

“If justice fails in the courtroom, it will not prevail in society. A broken Justice System does not protect the rights of all people.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

“Indeed, the Judges in the courts of law are more likely to be exposed to conflicts and disputes where the utility of law is…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn