“To his ex-wife in court, he said I lost interest in you when the Botox lost its effect and you looked like a plastic doll that escaped from a fire.” SaidLostInterestFireWifeEffectsCourtPlasticExesScornDollsBotoxEx WifeHis Ex Author:Peter Jackson
“I don't know who the great lawyers are, and I presume you can't get to them. I know of no case where it can be said for certain that they took part. They defend some people, but you can't get them to do that through your own efforts, they only defend the ones they want to defend. But I assume a case they take on must have progressed beyond the lower court. It's better not to think of them at all, otherwise you'll find the consultations with the other lawyers, their advice and their assistance, extremely disgusting and useless.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSaidCertainEffortCasesAdviceCourtAssumingLawyerUselessDisgustingAssistanceConsultation Author:Franz Kafka
“Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law; and, when that is discerned, it is the duty of the Court to follow it. Judicial power is never exericised for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Judge; always for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Legislature; or, in other words, to the will of the law.” GivingSaidLawPurposeCoursesEffectsJudgingDutyExerciseInstrumentsCourtMereLegislatureDiscretionJudicialDiscerningJudicial Power Author:John Marshall
“I do not know whether it is the view of the Court that a judge must be thick-skinned or just thick-headed, but nothing in my experience or observation confirms the idea that he is insensitive to publicity. Who does not prefer good to ill report of his work? And if fame a good public name is, as Milton said, the "last infirmity of noble mind", it is frequently the first infirmity of a mediocre one.” IfsKnowsMindFirstsDoeSaidIdeasLastsNamesViewsJudgingFameCourtIllNobleObservationReportsThickMediocrePublicityInfirmityInsensitiveMilton Author:Robert H. Jackson
“I have never concealed the fact and said it before the court in 1938 that I came from an anti-Semitic past and tradition... I ask only that you look at my life historically and take it as history. I believe that from 1933 I truly represented the Lutheran-Christian outlook on the Jewish question - as I revealed before the court - but that I returned home after eight years' imprisonment as a completely different person.” YearsBelieveLooksPersonsSaidDifferentFactsHomeChristianPastAsksI BelieveTraditionCourtEightOutlookConcealedImprisonmentAnti SemiticLutherans Author:Martin Niemoller
“As we watched Judge Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, all of the commentators said the same thing: 'One of these people in the room is lying.' Do you believe that? You've got two lawyers and 14 senators in the room, and only one of them is lying?” PeopleBelieveSaidTwoLyingRoomsJudgingCourtHearingLawyerSupremeSenatorsSupreme CourtCommentatorsConfirmation Author:Jay Leno
“I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to the Justice Potter Stewart standard. He was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. And he said the mark of a good judge, good justice, is that when you're reading their decision, their opinion, you can't tell if it's written by a man or woman, a liberal or a conservative, a Muslim, a Jew or a Christian. You just know you're reading a good judicial decision.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsBelieveSaidStatesChristianReadingJusticeDecisionUnitedOpinionUnited StatesWrittenJudgingStandardsMarkCourtDon't BelieveConservativeJewSupremeSupreme CourtPottersJudicialGood Judges Author:John F. Kerry