Branches Quote by Sam Brownback

An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws that they…

— Thomas Sowell

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

It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in…

— Alexander Hamilton

Too many of us had to suffer at the hands of a judiciary so independent that it often acted independently of both the basic…

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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

I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.

— Brett Kavanaugh

Independent judges have always frustrated governments that don't see why unelected arbiters of the law should stand in their way.

— Anne Applebaum

I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

— Sam Brownback

The courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branches of government.

— Matthew Whitaker

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.

— Ted Cruz

There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks…

— Adam Cohen