Aristocratic Quote by Rose Bird

[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

When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

“You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place…

— Thomas Jefferson

Courts in America seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to…

— Donald Trump

If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues…

— Rose Bird

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

The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court.

— Michel Foucault

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide…

— Sam Brownback

Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere…

— John Marshall

The maxim of courts is that manner is power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under…

— Thomas Jefferson

Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

— Sheldon Whitehouse