Quotes about Judicial

Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law. Votes: 6

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today. Votes: 6

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years. Votes: 4

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is. Votes: 4

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Votes: 4

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. Votes: 4

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority. Votes: 4

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. Votes: 4

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems. Votes: 4

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. Votes: 4

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. Votes: 4

Monitor, transparently, and enforce the separation of Democracy powers: Legislative; Executive; Judicial Votes: 3

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power. Votes: 3

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is." Votes: 3

You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution. Votes: 3

Judge [Samuel] Alito, I'll tell you the same thing I told John Roberts. I expect you to adhere to the Code of Judicial Conduct. Votes: 3

Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by the Judicial authority. Votes: 3

The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Votes: 3

The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council." Votes: 3

The stopping of the Judicial courts, had been blended, in the minds of some people, with the redress of grievances considered only as a mode of awakening the attention of the legislature. Votes: 3

The stopping of the Judicial courts, had been blended, in the minds of some people, with the redress of grievances considered only as a mode of awakening the attention of the legislature. Votes: 3

Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red. Votes: 3

. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments. Votes: 3

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system. Votes: 3

Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year. Votes: 3

As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that each must in the exercise of its functions be guided by the text of the Constitution according to its own interpretation of it. Votes: 3

Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its advocates, has hardly restrained Congress at all. Instead it has progressively stripped the states of their traditional powers, while allowing federal power to grow unchecked. Votes: 3

Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political- economic system goes. In other words, we should not approve any nominee whose extreme judicial philosophy would undermine rights and liberties relied upon by all Americans. Votes: 3

If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws the justices don't like based on their personal preferences. It's not judicial activism to strike down laws because they violate the Constitution. Votes: 3

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism. Votes: 2

The purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics. Votes: 2

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. Votes: 2

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. Votes: 2

The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention. Votes: 2

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. Votes: 2

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. Votes: 2

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. Votes: 2

The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression. Votes: 2

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says. Votes: 2

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath. Votes: 2

The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial. Votes: 2

President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about in the disastrous economy he inherited. Votes: 2

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements. Votes: 2

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions. Votes: 2

To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. Votes: 2

If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some in our Chamber are making. They are all receiving judicial review. Votes: 2

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. Votes: 2

A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view. Votes: 2

The only guarantee of the Bill of Rights which continues to have any force and effect is the one prohibiting quartering troops on citizens in time of peace. All the rest have been disposed of by judicial interpretation and legislative whittling. Votes: 2

It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each...This is of the very essence of judicial duty. Votes: 2

Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because they know that if the Constitution is truly to constitute the nation, it must trump some majority preferences. Votes: 2

The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man. Votes: 2

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause. Votes: 2

Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges. Votes: 2

I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance. Votes: 2

The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty. Votes: 2

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny. Votes: 2

The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of the bar who appear before them as well as the people of Alabama who visit the Alabama Judicial Building of the truth stated in the preamble of the Alabama Constitution, that in order to establish justice we must invoke the favor and guidance of Almighty God. Votes: 2

The indispensible judicial requisite is intellectual humility. Votes: 0

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law. Votes: 0

Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too. Votes: 0

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process. Votes: 0

I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system. Votes: 0

To be effective, judicial administration must not be leaden-footed. Votes: 0

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism. Votes: 0

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America. Votes: 0

I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution Votes: 0

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. Votes: 0

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box. Votes: 0

When a court goes too far, it actually weakens our respect for judicial institutions. Votes: 0

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned. Votes: 0

I'll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process. Votes: 0

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. Votes: 0

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments. Votes: 0

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military. Votes: 0

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review. Votes: 0

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military Votes: 0

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge]. Votes: 0

We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it. Votes: 0

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. Votes: 0

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well. Votes: 0

Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand. Votes: 0

Central planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed. Votes: 0

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty. Votes: 0

Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany. Votes: 0

Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget. Votes: 0

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme. Votes: 0

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case. Votes: 0

One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero. Votes: 0

The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights. Votes: 0

He has absolutely no judicial supervision of all of this [ invasions of privacy ]. So all in all, [Barack] Obama is a disaster. Votes: 0

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty. Votes: 0

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description. Votes: 0

We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a filibuster. Votes: 0

Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is. Votes: 0

People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of Habeas Corpus. Votes: 0

I would never filibuster any President's judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote. Votes: 0

Behind this judicial wall of separation there is a tyranny of lies that will fall... I say to you, my friends, let it fall! Votes: 0

To say that we have to surrender to judicial supremacy is to do what Jefferson warned against, which is, in essence, surrender to judicial tyranny. Votes: 0

Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really the key point. Votes: 0

[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not they like them. Votes: 0

Throw in neglect and politicization of the judicial system and you see the result: soaring rates of cocaine trafficking through Venezuela and worsening corruption of institutions. Votes: 0

No judicial nomination should answer any question that is designed to reveal how the nominee will rule on any issue that could come before the court. Votes: 0

No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go against the Basic Law. Votes: 0

[Nicolas Maduro] completely controls the judicial branch, controls the courts, has denied their basic rights and the responsibility that the legislative branch has in that country. Votes: 0

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches. Votes: 0

Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms. Votes: 0

Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value. Votes: 0

When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial review, that's tyranny. Votes: 0

A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers, had written it. Votes: 0

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America. Votes: 0

It is profoundly troubling when you have Supreme Court justices not following their judicial oath. And taking the role of policy makers and legislators, rather than being judges. Votes: 0

In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army acting as judge, jury and executioner. Votes: 0

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America. Votes: 0

If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative, may be ranked among the number. Votes: 0

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today. Votes: 0

If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass to the light and look judicial. Votes: 0

I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends about judicial independence. Votes: 0

I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system is very flawed. Votes: 0

[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering votes from recalcitrant citizens. Votes: 0

The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men. Votes: 0

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning. Votes: 0

We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on in future cases is a political standard. Votes: 0

Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That rule has always been honored. Votes: 0

The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements in the practice of government. Votes: 0

In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble. Votes: 0

I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White House to demonstrate my experience and judicial philosophy, Votes: 0

The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial. Votes: 0

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office. Votes: 0

When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens. Votes: 0

Scorecards are common in the political process, but they are inappropriate in the judicial process. The most important tools in the judicial confirmation process are not litmus paper and a calculator. Votes: 0

We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on the specific result in a particular case or dispute. Votes: 0

There are some issues that are not in control of the government. Two of those issues are human rights and personal freedoms are in the domain of Iran's conservative judicial system. Votes: 0

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly. Votes: 0

I had to spend my entire childhood in the Altensam dungeon like an inmate doing time for no comprehensible reason, for a crime he can't remember committing, a judicial error probably. Votes: 0

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute. Votes: 0

A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests. Votes: 0

In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, the state of Oregon is extremely liberal in its state government and judicial system.That state has lenient drug laws, including wide access to medical marijuana. Votes: 0

The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off on the wrong path with regard to Supreme Court decisions. Votes: 0

To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks. Votes: 0

To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks. Votes: 0

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. Votes: 0

We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional. Votes: 0

Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power. Votes: 0

The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to enact the will of those marching in the streets. Votes: 0

If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. Votes: 0

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes from the very nature of what judges do. Votes: 0

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other Votes: 0

I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law. Votes: 0

I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at. Votes: 0

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill. Votes: 0

In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up. Votes: 0

Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico, and this is certainly not what the Mexican workers signed up for. Votes: 0

It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humiliated and the orderly progress thwarted and obstructed by defendants brought before them charged with crimes. Votes: 0

She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power. Votes: 0

It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt. Votes: 0

I've asked Justice Clarence Thomas to administer the Oath of Office, which I'm incredibly honored that he accepted as he's in his 25th year on the Supreme Court and has developed an extraordinary judicial record. Votes: 0

In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private foundation with little transparency and no judicial or government oversight of the list. Votes: 0

An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained. Votes: 0

I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the danger of short-circuiting the electoral process and disenfranchising the people through judicial activism. Votes: 0

In the rare event that the Supreme Court refuses to play along there is always a perfectly legal, extra-constitutional, quasi-legislative, quasi-executive, quasi-judicial, 'independent' regulatory commission or executive agency to kill off or override constitutional protections. Votes: 0