Quotes About Court

there's even a word—testilying—for the perjured testimony that an officer gives in court when he's covering up for his own or another officer's misconduct during an investigation.

Well-spoken white people from prominent families came out on top in our broken court system. It wasn't fair, but it was true.

The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the superior power of men. It therefore provides strong guarantees for the rights of the accused but essentially no guarantees for the rights of the victim. If one set out by design to devise a system for provoking intrusive post-traumatic symptoms, one could not do better than a court of law.

After all, he meant well. Foreigners never seem to understand how little attraction an island of damp fogs, cut off from civilization, and a provincial little court has for us Parisians, who inhabit the most cultivated, powerful monarchy in the world.

Lawyers are always asking me if I will cut some slack for their clients. My standard answer is this is not Let's Make A Deal.

truth is subjective, even in a court of law. Knowing and believing are remarkably similar — if not, in fact, the same.

An indictment is not a conviction.

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

Class-action lawsuits should allow those with serious injuries to have their own day in court. The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act would do just that.

Well you know, all law is about injustice.

Divorce court seemed to inspire in my girlfriends 1940s-era fashion fantasies, not only for me, but for themselves.

If I were able to do something unilaterally, I would probably institute a new federal rule that said all cases worth less than $500,000 would be tried without any discovery.

There are no expectations on a 40-year-old man. All I have to worry about is intensity, and things will take care of themselves. I don't have to worry about championships, all-star games, contracts. I can just walk on the court and play.

A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory.

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

Winthrop's decision to stay in Boston triggered a feud with Dudley that would last throughout their lives. As a result of this split, the Great and General Court of Massachusetts met alternately in Boston and Newtown during the 1630s, when it convened four times a year. Despite this rift, Winthrop chose in 1637 to wait to try Hutchinson until the court met in Newtown because he enjoyed far more support there than in Boston.

No matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.

It is terribly bad form to admit to being terrified for one's life, but nobody in their right mind would go to a Court banquet without making preparations. One must have the right costume, the right Faces, and at least eighty-two ways of avoiding assassination.

Thank you," she whispered. "I promise I will not interfere in Court business again." "Oh yes, you will." Zouelle looked up to see her uncle regarding her with a sad little smile. "You decided that you were ready to start meddling in the great game. I really hope you were right, Zouelle, because once you start playing it you can never leave. You are in the game now, my dear. There is no going back.

A lot of people think that when you serve on a multijudge court, it isn't lonely. But it's distinctly lonely. Certainly, being here has cut down on my social life. I think it's unfair to Mrs. Blackmun. There are not enough hours in the day for me to do some of the social things that she would like to do. I can't do both. I can't get ready for an argument session and go out nights. So in that respect, it's a little lonely, and it's lonely for her.

People who go to court to find justice are usually looking in the wrong place.