“The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.” MenWorldLittlesArtPhilosophyOpinionHistoryJudgmentCourtAppeals Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience
“The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.” PhilosophySocialDecisionEconomicDependsCourt Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.” PhilosophyWindowSellsCourtFavorsTheologyCharmOffering Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder to appoint left-wing lawyers to judgeships. Whether he compromises on some of his nominees, including any to the Supreme Court, may depend on the willingness of the new Republican majority to engage the president on judicial philosophy.” FirstsMayPhilosophyLeftPresidentDependsRepublicanOfficeFirst TimeHarderMajorityCourtWingsIncludingLawyerSupremeCompromiseBarackWillingnessSenateSupreme CourtNotableJudicialLeft Wing Author:Terry Eastland
“The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the statutory machinery. That philosophy ignores the American people's decision to give Congress '[a]ll legislative Powers' enumerated in the Constitution. They made Congress, not this Court, responsible for both making laws and mending them.” PeopleGivingShouldMadePhilosophyLawOrderDecisionJudgingConstitutionResponsibleCourtEndureCongressFlawsMachineryDistortionMending Author:Antonin Scalia
“Wishing won't make it so Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it The Supreme Court won't do it, the President and the Congress won't do it The UN won't do it, the H-bomb won't do it, the sun and the moon won't do it And God won't do it, and I certainly won't do it That leaves you, you'll have to do it” PhilosophyWishPresidentSunPrayingMoonCourtCongressSupremeBombsSupreme Court Author:Todd Rundgren
“I'm not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody's waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.” IfsPhilosophyUseWaitingJusticeCourt Author:Sandra Day O'Connor