Quotes About Justice

The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

Deciding not to decide is, of course, among the most important things done by the Supreme Court. It takes a lot of doing, but it can be done.

I, for one, want to see Mr. Cruz as a Supreme Court appointee.

We may not be able to control the Supreme Court... but we can control the money.

If confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case and always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American rule of law.

Justice Kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court.

When I worked in the Department of Justice, in the office of the solicitor general, it was my job to argue cases for the United States before the Supreme court. I always found it very moving to stand before the justices and say, 'I speak for my country.'

It is not my responsibility to determine whether Mr. Kavanaugh deserves to sit on the Supreme Court. My responsibility is to tell the truth.

What many people, I think, don't really understand is how much their rights really turn on the interpretation of the Supreme Court.

I began my legal career working for Byron White, the last Coloradan to serve on the Supreme Court, and the only justice to lead the N.F.L. in rushing. He was one of the smartest and most courageous men I've ever known.

I was interested in law and wanted to be a Supreme Court judge. We see so many pending cases in India and people are not getting justice.

The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'

The Supreme Court has been very clear: when it comes to religious discrimination, you can take intent into consideration.

It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

It's the people's Supreme Court, and we should let them decide its direction.

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

There's no Democratic and Republican seats or gyms or coffee shops at the Supreme Court. Every American should be able to celebrate the fact that we aspire to nine justices who are looking to defend our rights and to defend the Constitution, not to advance policy preferences.

Members of the Supreme Court have lifetime tenures because they're not supposed to do politics.

The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them.

As the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case has shown us, separate is not always equal.

Supreme Court justices should not be an extension of the Republican Party.

While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our criminal-justice system, and rightly so.

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.

For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.