“Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.” Quote by Dick Cheney
“The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.” PurposeInterestProtectStaringStabilityReliance Author:Antonin Scalia
“We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.” ImportantPolicyExpectationsPsychologicalStaring Author:Felix Frankfurter
“No judicial system could do society's work if each issue had to be decided afresh in every case which raised it.” Judicial Author:Benjamin Cardozo
“Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, or if it so offends you that you think it would undermine your ability to do your duty as a lawyer, then you shouldn't take it on.” ThinkingAbilityDutyVery GoodLawyerGood Lawyer Author:Walter Smith
“I don't travel for fun, because I travel so much with my work; when I'm not working, I mostly want to stay home.” HomeFun Author:Michael Shannon
“I'm not naive. Sometimes interpretation is more of an art than a science. There are those who would label interpretation absolutely anything a judge might do or, two, the text of a statute or the Constitution. But it seems to me there comes a point where a judge is using his own creativity and purpose and crosses the line between interpreting a text written by somebody else and in a sense creating something new.” ArtSometimesPurposeCreativityJudgingConstitutionSomething New Author:Orrin Hatch
“I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line supporting his legitimate authority from the legislative branch's authority. Now, to me that's a very serious matter if we believe, as America's founders, did that the separation of powers - not just in theory or in textbook but in practice in the actual functioning of government - is the linchpin of limited government and liberty.” BelieveI BelieveLibertySeriousJudgingAuthoritySeparationFoundersLimited GovernmentSeparation Of Powers Author:Orrin Hatch
“America's founders were clear that the Constitution established a federal government of few and defined powers. It cannot regulate any activity it chooses, but they only regulate in those areas which the Constitution grants it power to regulate.” ConstitutionFounders Author:Orrin Hatch
“The last thing our founding fathers wanted was to be ruled by king with absolute power, and the next to the last thing they wanted was to be ruled by a temporary king with absolute powers for four years.” FatherTemporaryOur Founding FathersAbsolute Power Author:Patrick Leahy
“The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.” DifferentWarSpeakSilent Author:William Rehnquist