Supreme Court Quotes

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.

I wonder if there's just a sense that we have nothing to learn from any Supreme Court justice, including the great Chief Justice John Marshall.

We have to respect that any nominee to the Supreme Court would have to defer any comments on any matters which are either before the court or very likely to be before the court.

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

We depend on the Supreme Court to uphold the integrity of our government.

A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

I want a Supreme Court that doesn't always side with corporate interests.

You've got Bush and Gore headed to the Supreme Court. You've got George W. Bush's intelligence will be pitted against Al Gore's honesty. This is more like a case for small claims court.

Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

Supreme Court had said feds should stay out of abortion.

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.

I hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I hope it's a woman with kids.

I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

In the United States, unlike any other advanced democracy, money really talks. Our Supreme Court has said that spending money on politicians is a form of free speech. No other court has said that.

Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.

For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.

The tedious and convoluted reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ongoing project to expunge all references to God from the public domain.

This is America. We don't call an election before we know who won. That, after all, is the job of the Supreme Court.

I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.

Fortunately, Judge Richey's decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is an example of how far the purge of Christian values has gone in America.

Because it's important. Laws can be reversed, Supreme Court decisions can be overturned, gender classifications can continue.

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.

I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee.

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.

The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.

The new Republican Congress should move full speed ahead to repeal and replace Obamacare. It would be unwise to wait for the Supreme Court to perform this service for the American people.

The last stop to protect rights and liberties is the Supreme Court.

When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day

Due to a Supreme Court decision, if these violent offenders cannot be sent home, our law enforcement officers have to release them into your communities.

It's our last chance [November 8, 2016]. And that includes Supreme Court justices and Second Amendment. Remember that.

We need a Supreme Court that in my opinion is going to uphold the Second Amendment, and all amendments, but the Second Amendment, which is under absolute siege.

We're going to appoint great justices to the United States Supreme Court to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Hillary Clinton has pledged to keep both of these illegal amnesty programs, including the 2014 amnesty which has been blocked by the United States Supreme Court. Great.

It's going to mean four or five justices, super liberal, placed on the Supreme Court. Our country will never, ever be the same.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Will a nominee embrace and uphold the essential meaning of the four words inscribed above the entrance of the Supreme Court building: Equal justice under law?

So was it a political mistake for Obama to put so many eggs in the health-care-reform basket? Well, a negative decision from the Supreme Court will certainly make it appear so.

No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns.

I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility.

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.

On the issues of religious liberty, the Supreme Court continues to scrape against the bedrock of the American spirit.

I am told that very early on in this transition process, to expect that [Donald] Trump will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court.

We need people who will strictly interpret the law and not be promoting an agenda, as is the danger right now with some members of the Supreme Court.

As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.