47 Quotes About Supreme-court
- Author Joseph J. Ellis
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The great sin of the originalists is not to harbor a political agenda but to claim they do not, and to base that claim on a level of historical understanding they demonstrably do not possess.
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- Author Richard A. Posner
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A Supreme Court Justice writing about constitutional theory is like a dog walking on his hind legs; the wonder is not that it is done well but that it is done at all.
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- Author Marites Dañguilan Vitug
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The Court, after all, is not a monolith. Transparency resides in parts of the Court, among Justices and staff who believe that letting the sun shine on their institution will make it stronger.
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- Author Dale Carpenter
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[Justice] Murphy... who ruled against the state [anti-sodomy] law... didn't see why the Supreme Court had to dwell on the historical background of sodomy laws [before striking them down]. All one really had to know to decide the case, he reasoned, was that Texas and its legions of moralizers let people have sex with animals. End of story.
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- Author Finley Peter Dunne
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Look it over some time. 'T is fine spoort if ye don't care f r checkers. Some say it laves th' flag up in th' air an' some say that's where it laves th' constitution. Annyhow, something'» in th' air. But there's wan thing I 'm sure about."" What's that ?" asked Mr. Hennessy." That is," said Mr. Dooley, " no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
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- Author David H. Souter
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I think the case is so strong that I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body.
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- Author John G. Roberts Jr.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
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- Author David Brooks
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The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.
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- Author Rush Limbaugh
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The Democrats can't lose, so they got rid of Bob Torricelli, way beyond when it was permissible. The time for a replacement had passed, but the New Jersey Supreme Court made up of Democrat hacks said, "Hey, if our candidate can't go, sure you can put in a replacement."
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