Judicial Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great - says great things about our judicial system.

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.

I think in the end officials in each country's judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it's on their conscience for the rest of their lives.

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

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

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.

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.

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

In Liberia, our salary scales are so low that our judicial system has become corrupt over the years. Now, we need to do some things ourselves.

The indispensible judicial requisite is intellectual humility.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

[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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

I have many things to say. My every right, constitutional, civil, political and judicial has been tramped upon. I have not only had no jury of my peers, but I have had no jury at all.

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.

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.

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

Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too.

There are laws about personal protection so it's rare to see a politician criticized. Normally, according to the law, there's a judicial problem with calling people by their real names.