Judging Quote by Stephen Breyer Download Open image “Judges are appointed often through the political process” — Stephen Breyer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Judging Political Politics Process
Judges certainly have political connections and strong political views, but that doesn't mean they can't rise above politics when they hear cases. We expect… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they are accountable… — Michele Landis Dauber Copy Share Image
The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution builds politics right into the process of selecting federal judges. This third branch, the judiciary, is designed to have a… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators. — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
Judges should always behave judicially by adjudicating, never politically by legislating. I leave policy to policymakers. They're preeminent, but they're not omnipotent. In other… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic values from… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
I think whether you are a judge on my court or whether you are a judge on a court of appeals or any court,… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
No judge can stop us from praying for our country and I pray that on May 6, millions of Americans will join me in… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Care less about what other people think because at the end of the day, everyone is so worried about themselves & how they are… — Tyler Oakley Copy Share Image
“He wished he could somehow go back and find the iPhone people whom he'd jostled on the sidewalk earlier, apologize to them - I'm… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
The odor of bowel wind is known to every human, but the fragrance of book glue has crossed only a fraction of mortal nostrils.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
