“It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay.” MatterMovingTermJusticeResponsibilityWeekDutyCourtAssumingSupremeChiefsSenateSupreme CourtDelayChief Justice Author:Jay Sekulow
“There is no more moving a professional relationship than that between a law clerk and a Supreme Court justice. As a place to work, the court is unique in its intimacy and intensity.” MovingLawJusticeUniqueCourtSupremeIntimacyIntensitySupreme CourtClerksSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeProfessional Relationships Author:Cliff Sloan
“What becomes decisive to a Justice's functioning on the Court in the large area within which his individuality moves is his general attitude toward law, the habits of the mind that he has formed or is capable of unforming, his capacity for detachment, his temperament or training for putting his passion behind his judgment instead of in front of it. The attitudes and qualities which I am groping to characterize are ingredients of what compendiously might be called dominating humility.” MindMightMovingLawPassionJusticeBehindsAttitudeQualityFrontsHumilityHabitJudgmentCapableTrainingAreasCapacityCourtIndividualityIngredientsTemperamentDetachmentDominating Book:Felix Frankfurter on the Supreme Court: extrajudicial essays on the Court and the Constitution Source: Felix Frankfurter on the Supreme Court: extrajudicial essays on the Court and the Constitution