Judges Quote by Joseph Wapner Download Open image “Judges should decide legal disputes. Judges should not make law.” — Joseph Wapner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Judges Law Legal Make Should
Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad. — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law. Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them. — Giulio Andreotti Copy Share Image
The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. — Brett Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should... — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People think I'm kind and considerate and that I listen and evaluate and give each party a chance to talk. The public's perception of… — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
Sometimes I don't even deliberate. I just decide from the bench, it's so obvious. The beautiful part is that I have carte blanche. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
I was the only Jew who'd ever been elected, and I don't know when there'll be another. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I… — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
A judge is not a god or a king. He has the last word most of the time, but sometimes, one makes mistakes. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the… — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
People say, 'I'm only suing for the principle of the thing,' and I reply that I can't give you principle - only money. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
I realized that a great deal of life is exactly and precisely about being able to feel pain: my own and other people's. — Joseph Wapner Copy Share Image
I would like beautiful gymnastics to be recognized as the best. I want the judges to appreciate things that are not necessarily winning points. — Kohei Uchimura Copy Share Image
If people are stealing the resources of this nation, if people are taking bribes - if judges or persons in authority, whether they are… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,' 'Aida, Norma,'… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their… — George Will Copy Share Image
As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why they have… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized Jersey cow across a stage in front of an audience with judges, and maybe the cow even twirls around a couple of times. Then the winning cow gets a satin ribbon draped over it, which has… — Sherry Argov Copy Share
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image