Congress Quote by Mike DeWine

In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes.…

— Orrin Hatch

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

Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators.

— Chuck Grassley

Judges can't make law; judges shouldn't be policy makers.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

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

Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights…

— Jed S. Rakoff

Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse. Yet our…

— Nina Totenberg

The judges are subject to the law.

— Yoav Gallant

Judges certainly have political connections and strong political views, but that doesn't mean they can't rise above politics when they hear cases. We expect…

— George T. Conway III

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to…

— Arlen Specter

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

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

— Orrin Hatch