“We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The justices of the Supreme Court are themselves actors in the struggle for power, and when they intervene, they think carefully about how their decisions will affect the courts own legitimacy and authority.” ThinkingPoliticalActorsJusticeDecisionStruggleImagineAuthorityCourtMythSupremeBranchesImagine ThatSupreme CourtUmpiresLegitimacy Author:Noah Feldman
“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.” MightJusticePrayerPrayingLive ByUmpires Author:Margaret Atwood
“We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.” FactsFacesIndividualJusticeViewsLibertyEconomyEconomicSatisfactionPreservationUmpiresIndividual FreedomIncompatibility Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.” JusticeTerribleUmpiresNecessary Things Author:Jessamyn West
“Hopefully, America will really get a sense of how justice can be served in this country. And hopefully, they'll forget the Simpson trial.” CountryAmericaLiteratureJusticeForgetTrialsHopefullyUmpires Author:Andrew Cohen