Benches Quote by Molly Ivins

Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is…

— Benjamin Wittes

The vast majority of people in academia, especially at the administrative level, have so little confidence in their ability to make an argument for…

— Katie Pavlich

“Most foolishly, liberals grew increasingly reliant on the courts to circumvent the legislative process when it failed to deliver what they wanted (and I…

— Mark Lilla

I get if you're a conservative, and you're saying, I don't know, 'Government shouldn't be mandating what's taught in classrooms,' or, 'Government is too…

— Bret Stephens

In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school, and taking…

— Rafael Cruz

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

— Steve Chabot

It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes.

— Jonathan Turley

There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.

— Ione Skye

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effiminated by position of nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In general, liberals fear conservative judges far too much. In almost all areas, in fact, they dramatically overstate the stakes.

— Benjamin Wittes

In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry, and established…

— Dick Durbin

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the…

— Michael Kinsley