“There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence (now called "state security" in a throwback to both apartheid and the ANC's old Stalinist past), police and communications are all die-hard Zuma loyalists. Whatever their line functions, they will also play the role they have played so ably to date: keeping Zuma out of court - and making sure the state serves Zuma as it once did Mbeki.” MadeHardStatesPlayPastDiesLinesJusticeRolesSecurityCommunicationKeysAreasFunctionPoliceCourtCriminalsMinistersReconciliationDefenceApartheidCriminal JusticeThrowbackLoyalistsZuma Author:Mark Gevisser
“The master of the palace had similar functions at the court of Judah. Announcing the promotion of Elyaqim, Isaiah 22:22 says: 'I lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder, if he opens, none will shut; if he shuts, none will open.' The Egyptian vizier's instructions are described in a very similar fashion. Every morning 'the vizier will send someone to open the gates of the kings house, to admit those who have to enter, and to send out those who have to go out.' One is reminded of the Lord's words to Peter, the Vizier of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 16:19).” IfsHouseHeavenLordMorningFashionMastersKeysKingsFunctionCourtLaysShouldersKingdomsGatesInstructionPeterEvery MorningPromotionPalacesKingdom Of HeavenEgyptianMatthewAnnouncingJudah Author:Roland de Vaux
“But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public, and that the common law rules that subject the libeler to responsibility for the public offense, as well as for the private injury, are not abolished by the protection extended in our constitutions. The law of criminal libel rests upon that secure foundation. There is also the conceded authority of courts to punish for contempt when publications directly tend to prevent the proper discharge of judicial functions.” WellsLawCommonResponsibilityLibertySubjectsEssentialsAuthorityAbuseFunctionConstitutionFoundationCourtPressesProtectionCriminalsPunishmentSecureInjuryContemptOffensePublicationJudicialDischargeLibelConcededCommon Law Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small independent law firms.” LastsLawFunctionIndependentCourtNineFirmIndividualismCitadelsJealouslyLaw Firms Author:Colin Powell
“The function of traditional history is to create a citizenry that looks to the top - the president, Congress, the Supreme Court - to make the important decisions. That's what traditional history is all about: the laws that were passed, the decisions made by the court. So much of history is built around "the great men." All of that is very anti-democratic.” MenLooksMadeImportantLawPresidentDecisionBuiltFunctionCourtDemocraticCongressSupremeTraditionalGreat MenSupreme CourtCitizenryDecisions MadeImportant Decisions Author:Howard Zinn
“An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, .. As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.” ImportantClearJudgingAppreciateFunctionCourtSupremeGuidanceSupreme CourtCourt Judges Author:John Roberts
“This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and the Palestinian people, a struggle that centers on Palestinian land, history, civilization, culture and identityAs for your judicial apparatus, which is where this court comes from: it is one of the instruments of the occupation whose function is to give the cover of legal legitimacy to the crimes of the occupation, in addition to consecrating its systems and allowing the imposition of these systems on our people through force.” PeopleGivingTodayCultureForceProcessStruggleLandCrimeMovementCivilizationFunctionInstrumentsCourtHistoricalTrialsOccupationAllowingPalestinianPalestineJudicialZionistLegitimacyImposition Author:Ahmad Sa'adat
“As proof of this statement, consider this question: Have the people ever been known to rise against the Court of Appeals, or mob a Justice of the Peace, in order to get higher wages, free credit, tools of production, favorable tariffs, or government-created jobs? Everyone knows perfectly well that such matters are not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Peace. And if government were limited to its proper functions, everyone would soon learn that these matters are not within the jurisdiction of the law itself.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMatterGovernmentJobsLawOrderJusticeKnownHigherToolsFunctionCourtProductionsCreditProofStatementsAppealsWagesGetting HighJurisdictionTariffsRise Against Author:Frederic Bastiat
“[in 1998] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every topic I've written about begins as a question. How do police departments behave? Why do bureaucracies function the way they do? What moral intuitions do people have? How do courts make their decisions? What do blacks want from the political system? I can honestly say I didn't know the answers to those questions when I began looking into them.” PeopleKnowsWayWantWritingI CanIdeasFactsPoliticalDecisionAnswersMoralWrittenLandFunctionPoliceCourtIntuitionHonestlyBehaveDepartmentTopicsBureaucracyPolitical SystemsPolice Department Author:James Q. Wilson
“While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.” WellsDoeFactsIndividualUnderstandingPresidentRolesAdviceFunctionConstitutionCourtHearingSupremeDefinedMapsSenateQuestioningConsentSupreme CourtRoad Maps Author:Mike DeWine
“Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.” DoeJudgingFunctionCourtSeparationSupremeCommitteesSupreme CourtQualifiedJudiciarySeparation Of Powers Author:Arlen Specter
“The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.” LeftGivenPromiseFunctionConstitutionCourtMovedNotionCongressReviewsProvisionJudicialSubversiveJudicial Review Book:The Tempting of America Source: The Tempting of America
“Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people. We're bound to be "anti-majoritarian."” PeopleWomenDemocracyFunctionInstitutionsCourtBoundsDilemmaAristocratic Author:Rose Bird