Founding fathers Quote by Sheldon Whitehouse

The Founding Fathers set up the American judiciary as a check on the excesses of the elected branches and as a refuge when those…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The American Founding Fathers gave us courts, independent jurists. They left room for civil society, which meant that citizens could directly associate in order…

— Condoleezza Rice

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government…

— Todd Tiahrt

I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and…

— James Clapper

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

— Matthew Whitaker

What the Founding Fathers created in the Constitution is the most magnificent government on the face of the Earth, and the reason is this:…

— Mark Levin

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

— Todd Akin

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

— Ted Cruz

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of…

— George Washington

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or…

— Nina Totenberg

We all have trust in the judicial systems.

— Raj Kundra