“Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.” WritingCarePresidentJusticeNewsMajorityCourtSavedSupremeChiefsReformHealth CareLegacyPresidencySupreme CourtGood NewsBad NewsHealth Care ReformChief JusticeGood News And Bad News Author:Ron Fournier
“And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.” PresidentCourtSupremeServingPresident ObamaSupreme CourtCabinets Author:Cecile Richards
“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
“I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I also feel it's the role of the Congress and the president to push back. I mean I think it's important that they are understood as equal branches of government.” ThinkingFeelsMeanImportantGovernmentPresidentAbilityRolesEqualUnderstoodCourtCongressSupremeBranchesSupreme CourtBranches Of GovernmentCongress And The President Author:Rick Santorum
“Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court.” WantMayRealNationsBlackPresidentCourtClintonSupremeShockSupreme CourtPresident Clinton Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good old days.” YearsPresidentShotsYears AgoCourtVicesSupremeApprovalSupreme CourtRatingVice PresidentApproval RatingGood Ol Days Author:George W. Bush
“You know, it shows how old I am. I can remember the good old days when the president picked the Supreme Court justices instead of the other way around.” KnowsWayI CanShowsRememberPresidentJusticeCourtSupremeSupreme CourtOld DaysGood Old DaysSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Jay Leno
“We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.'” FirstsPersonsMadeJobsPresidentJusticeProudCourtSupremeLikesPresident ObamaSupreme CourtLatinoHispanicLatinaBest PersonSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Charlie Gonzalez
“Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, presidents have understood that the Supreme Court cannot make a law. They cannot make it. The legislature has to make it, the executive branch has to sign it and enforce it.” LawPresidentUnderstoodCourtSupremeBranchesExecutivesSupreme CourtLegislatureExecutive BranchPresident Lincoln Author:Mike Huckabee
“It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.” YearsImportantChoicesFoundSoundPresidentInterestPrinciplesRolesTalentDutyStandardsCourtSupremeFulfillingSupreme CourtBehalfSeriousnessReducingJudicialWhimDeferencePertinentAbdication Author:George Will
“If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke, as it would have occurred to no one else to nominate her.” IfsStatesWould BePresidentUnitedUnited StatesJokesCourtSupremeSupreme CourtNominationsCronies Author:Charles Krauthammer
“So, Wesley Clark is running for president. Pretty amazing guy. Four star general, first in his class at West Point, supreme commander of NATO, saw combat in Vietnam, won the bronze star, silver star, the purple heart for being wounded in battle. See, I'm no political expert, but that sounds pretty good next to choking on a pretzel, falling off a scooter and dropping the dog.” FirstsHeartRunningPoliticalGuyFallNextStarsSoundPresidentClassSawsFourDogBattleWestSupremeExpertsSilverCombatVietnamWoundedPurpleDroppingCommandersChokeNatoBronzeFalling OffPretzelsWest PointScootersPurple Heart Author:Jay Leno
“The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity rising from the stinking junkyard of American public life. At last, some official body has come to a decision about Clinton's conduct that is untainted by politics, cowardice or cynicism.” BodyLastsPresidentDecisionIntegrityGreenCourtClintonSupremeOfficialsRisingCowardiceCynicismCommitteesSupreme CourtPublic LifeRecommendationsArkansasPresident ClintonJunkyard Author:Mona Charen
“President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.” IfsShouldSaidPlayHousePresidentWhiteRolesCasesBattleCourtDebateYesterdaySupremeAppropriateWhite HouseSupreme CourtSkepticalPresident BushEvangelicalConfirmationInvoke Author:Peter Baker
“Governor Gray Davis has asked the California state Supreme Court to delay the October recall vote because he says that's not enough time to put on a fair election. Hey, let me tell you something. If we didn't need a fair election to pick the president of the United States, we don't need a fair election to pick the governor of California.” IfsNeedsStatesEnoughPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPicksFairsVoteLet MeElectionCourtSupremeHeyCaliforniaGrayGovernorsRecallsSupreme CourtDelayOctoberEnough TimeNot Enough Time Author:Jay Leno
“Osama bin Laden put out a new video. The timing of this video has some people upset, three days before we vote. It looks like he's trying to influence the election. And I'll tell you, it's not going to work. Americans know Osama bin Laden does not pick our president. The Supreme Court does.” PeopleKnowsTryingLooksDoeThreePresidentInfluencePicksVoteElectionCourtSupremeVideoUpsetTimingSupreme CourtGoing To WorkBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Bill Maher
“Kerry is well on his way to reaching his magic number of 2,162. That's the total number of delegates he needs to win the Democratic nomination. See for President Bush it's different - his magic number is 5. That's the number of Supreme Court judges needed to win.” WayNeedsWellsDifferentWinningPresidentNumbersMagicJudgingNeededCourtDemocraticSupremeReachingSupreme CourtPresident BushNominationsDelegatesCourt Judges Author:Jay Leno
“A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.” ShouldDoeEyeMovingPresidentPolicyMouthsBillsCourtPaintSupremeExtrasExecutivesTerritorySupreme CourtExecutive Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“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
“Iran's Supreme Court has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. President [Hassan] Rouhani has indicated Iran will never develop nuclear weapons. I've made clear that we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of Iran meeting its obligations.” PeopleMadeEnergyPresidentClearDevelopmentWeaponsCourtMeetingsAccessNuclearSupremeObligationPeacefulIranNuclear WeaponsSupreme CourtIranianNuclear EnergyHassan Author:Barack Obama
“The function of traditional history is to create a citizenry that looks to the top - the president, Congress, the Supreme Court - to make the important decisions. That's what traditional history is all about: the laws that were passed, the decisions made by the court. So much of history is built around "the great men." All of that is very anti-democratic.” MenLooksMadeImportantLawPresidentDecisionBuiltFunctionCourtDemocraticCongressSupremeTraditionalGreat MenSupreme CourtCitizenryDecisions MadeImportant Decisions Author:Howard Zinn
“The president has the right to select who he wants for the Supreme Court. He doesn't have to get it cleared from Congress, Senate or anybody... No president before this has come under this kind of scrutiny ... before the committee hearings even begin.” WantKindPresidentCourtCongressHearingSupremeSenateCommitteesSupreme CourtSelectScrutiny Author:Montel Williams
“And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.” PeopleRememberPresidentCourtSupremeSupreme CourtSelectedPresident George W Bush Author:Barbra Streisand