Assuming Quote by Robert Bork

The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the…

— Antonin Scalia

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

“The Judges cannot make new law by new decisions; they do not assume a power of that kind: they only endeavour to declare what…

— Daniel Hannan

A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law.

— Brett Kavanaugh

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

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

— Ayelet Shaked

For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is…

— Thomas Hobbes

If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?

— Trey Gowdy

The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them.

— Wendy Long

“In general, the natural dividing line between legislative and nonlegislative power was between rules that bound subjects and those that did not. Legal obligation…

— Philip Hamburger

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

— Felix Frankfurter

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.

— Alexander Hamilton