“Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee of equality is not simply a contemplative exercise in defining the shape of a just society. It is an order” WayOrderJusticeDecisionExerciseShapesConsequenceFlowDirectGuaranteesInterpretationDefiningCrowJudicialContemplativeJim CrowIncompatibility Author:William J. Brennan
“I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to the Justice Potter Stewart standard. He was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. And he said the mark of a good judge, good justice, is that when you're reading their decision, their opinion, you can't tell if it's written by a man or woman, a liberal or a conservative, a Muslim, a Jew or a Christian. You just know you're reading a good judicial decision.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsBelieveSaidStatesChristianReadingJusticeDecisionUnitedOpinionUnited StatesWrittenJudgingStandardsMarkCourtDon't BelieveConservativeJewSupremeSupreme CourtPottersJudicialGood Judges Author:John F. Kerry
“It is profoundly troubling when you have Supreme Court justices not following their judicial oath. And taking the role of policy makers and legislators, rather than being judges.” JusticeRolesPolicyJudgingCourtFollowingSupremeMakersSupreme CourtOathJudicialLegislatorsSupreme Court JusticePolicy MakersCourt Justice Author:Ted Cruz
“The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn and each stationary.” SaidSidesJusticeLordGreaterCrimeEnglandPunishmentChiefsVehicleHornsJudicialCollisionInvestigatingStationaryChief Justice Author:Philip Guedalla
“The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of the bar who appear before them as well as the people of Alabama who visit the Alabama Judicial Building of the truth stated in the preamble of the Alabama Constitution, that in order to establish justice we must invoke the favor and guidance of Almighty God.” PeopleWellsStatesOrderJusticeBuildingJudgingMembersConstitutionCourtScaryFavorsBarsGuidanceAlmightyMonumentJudicialCircuitsAlabamaAlmighty GodInvokePreamble Author:Roy Moore
“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.” PeopleShouldMayGovernmentJusticeMoralDependsOughtBlessingDignityConstitutionIndependentChecksAdministrationBranchesExecutivesStabilityJudicialSkillfulBranches Of GovernmentJudicial PowerAdministration Of Justice Author:John Adams
“When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial review, that’s tyranny.” WellsStatesGovernmentJusticeAuthorityTyrannyLocalsBranchesReviewsFederal GovernmentJudicialLocal GovernmentRubricsJudicial Review Author:Mark Levin
“Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system.” FirstsCountryGovernmentPoliticalJusticeEssentialsConvictionDuesOur CountryAdministrationDepartmentStabilityImpressedArrangementsPillarsPolitical SystemsJudicialAdministration Of Justice Book:Life of Washington Source: Life of Washington
“If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws the justices don't like based on their personal preferences. It's not judicial activism to strike down laws because they violate the Constitution.” IfsMeanLawLyingOrderJusticeRightsConstitutionStrikesActivismPreferenceJudicialMaking UpConstitutional RightsPersonal PreferencesJudicial Activism Author:Ann Coulter