Court Quote by John Paul Stevens

Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative…

— Yochai Benkler

What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions.

— Richard Cordray

Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to…

— Mike DeWine

I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case with fidelity…

— Susan Collins

Judges should always behave judicially by adjudicating, never politically by legislating. I leave policy to policymakers. They're preeminent, but they're not omnipotent. In other…

— Don Willett

All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned. There is…

— Fred Rodell

I may have been prejudiced against lawyer members of Congress, having run against one or two and having been threatened politically by a few…

— Eugene McCarthy

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

Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.

— Lisa Scottoline

Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth…

— Jonathan Swift

It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.

— Jeffrey Toobin