Certain Quote by Orrin Hatch

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

— Orrin Hatch

We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on in future…

— Orrin Hatch

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

[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment is best…

— Sam Brownback

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live…

— John Roberts

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad.

— Wendy Long

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment…

— Anthony Kennedy

We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based…

— Orrin Hatch

The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American…

— Robert Bork