Action Quote by Sam Brownback

Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“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

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence, and how…

— Dahlia Lithwick

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

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

“and line of cases. Justice Byron R. "Whizzer" White, a JFK appointee, dissented, calling Doe an act of "raw judicial power," as it took…

— William J. Bennett

The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its bite. But…

— Ayelet Shaked

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for a reason.…

— Dan Pfeiffer

People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by…

— Edward Snowden

The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Constitution - and is best preserved by adhering…

— Diane S. Sykes

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