Age Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I know my judicial role is further constrained by careful adherence to precedent.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

— Susan Collins

Precedent goes in support of justice.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how…

— Clara Barton

“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect.…

— Richard A. Posner

Every lawyer of experience comes to know (more or less unconsciously) that in the great majority of cases, the precedents are none too good…

— Jerome Frank

I had the good fortune to begin my legal career as a law clerk for a judge who really epitomized open-mindedness and fairness. He…

— Samuel Alito

“It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care…

— Jonathan Swift

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of…

— Clara Barton

During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in their statutes.…

— John Paul Stevens

I don't have any respect for judges who arrive at the result first, and then try to figure out some way they can bend…

— Jed S. Rakoff