“The Christian church does not ask the U. S. Supreme Court, or any other human court, what marriage is. Marriage is a pre-political institution defined by our Creator - for His glory and for human flourishing.” HumansDoeChristianPoliticalAsksChurchGloryInstitutionsCourtCreatorSupremeDefinedSupreme CourtFlourishingChristian ChurchPolitical Institutions Author:Albert Mohler
“That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution led them, without obligation or fear of political reprisal. Former Republican president Gerald Ford recently paid tribute to John Paul Stevens, his only appointee to the Supreme Court, who is also far more liberal than Republicans expected. He has served his nation well, ... with dignity, intellect and without partisan political concerns.” WellsLawPoliticalNationsPresidentJusticeRepublicanConcernDignityConstitutionPaidCourtIntellectExpectedSupremeObligationFormerSupreme CourtTributePartisansTenureJohn PaulFramersReprisalGerald Ford Author:Gerald R. Ford
“The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow, overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldn’t give directly to political campaigns. And everyone is up in arms because they don’t like it. The Federal Election Commission can’t do anything about it.” GivingYearsPoliticalHugeArmsElectionCourtBlowCampaignsSupremeCorporationsSupreme CourtPrecedentPolitical Campaign Author:Lois Lerner
“The broadening of the economic order which came to be seated in the individual property owner... dramatized by Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory... "The supremacy of corporate economic power... consolidated by the Supreme Court decision of 1886 which declared that the Fourteenth Amendment protected the corporation... [the New Deal, leading to], within the political arena, as well as in the corporate world itself, competing centers of power that challenged those of the corporate directors.” WorldWellsPoliticalOrderIndividualDecisionDealsEconomicDirectorsCourtPropertySupremeCorporateCorporationsOwnersTerritoryAmendmentsProtectedSupreme CourtCompetingArenaSupremacyLouisianaEconomic PowerNew DealCorporate WorldEconomic OrderCourt DecisionFourteenth Amendment Author:C. Wright Mills
“I think the scores for Olympic gymnastics are affected by what countries the judge and the gymnast are from. That's wrong. That type of political pandering isn't meant for gymnastic Olympic events. It's meant for the Supreme Court.” ThinkingCountryFunnyPoliticalEventsJudgingTypeCourtSupremeScoreAffectedOlympicsSupreme CourtGymnasticsGymnastLondon Olympics Author:Craig Ferguson
“With this new stupid Supreme Court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlimited level from corporations. Nobody knows where it comes from. That distorts the political situation in our country tremendously. Most of that money is spent on negative advertising that is tearing down the character and reputation of your opponent, and it works, although most American people say, "We don't like negative advertising," it works.” PeopleKnowsCountryCharacterPoliticalLevelsSecretSituationStupidNegativeCourtSupremeReputationAdvertisingOur CountryCorporationsOpponentsSupreme CourtUnlimitedRulingNobody KnowsCharacter And Reputation Author:Jimmy Carter
“Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies from the poison the Supreme Court has injected into our political organs.” IfsMenPoliticalDiesDemocracySacrificeProtectMen And WomenDiedCourtSupremePoisonOrgansSupreme CourtAmerican Democracy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“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