Courts Quote by Matthew Whitaker

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or…

— Nina Totenberg

The notion that the Supreme Court comes up with the ruling and that automatically subjects the two other branches to following it defies everything…

— Mike Huckabee

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

— William Weld

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for a reason.…

— Dan Pfeiffer

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

— Todd Akin

I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

— Sam Brownback

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above…

— Patrick Leahy

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.

— Edwin Meese

That's the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have one supreme…

— Mike Huckabee

It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in…

— Alexander Hamilton

I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I also feel…

— Rick Santorum

As judges, we are public servants. And it is up to the people to determine what the structure and form and function of the…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson