Supreme Court Quotes - Page 5

• The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

  Todd Akin

  Government, Roles, Branches

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• The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

  Mike Rounds

  Opinion, Court, Reversal

  "South Dakota bans most abortions". www.cnn.com. March 6, 2006.

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• Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

  Jon Meacham

  Running, Thinking, Umpires

  "Why Obama Shouldn’t Declare War on the Supreme Court" by Jon Meacham, ideas.time.com. April 2, 2012.

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• Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.

  Ron Fournier

  Writing, Justice, President

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• Even the Supreme Court, back when it used to makes sense, the Supreme Court has never ruled that a baby born to illegal aliens in the US is automatically a citizen.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Baby, Citizens, Back When

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• I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Punishment, People, Trials

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• Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open.

  Michael Moore

  Wall, Citizens United, Politician

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• I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Writing, Court, Members

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.11, Vintage

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

  Peter Beinart

  Kids, Court, Barack

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• The Oval Office symbolizes…the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I’m going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it’s appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

  Andrew Card

  Dream, Thinking, Expectations

  "Former Chief of Staff to Obama: Put Your Jacket On" by Bernie Becker, thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com. February 4, 2009.

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• But I am pro-life and will intend, if I’m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And I hope to appoint justices to the Supreme Court that will follow the law and the constitution. And it would be my preference that they reverse Roe v. Wade and therefore they return to the people and their elected representatives the decisions with regards to this important issue.

  Mitt Romney

  Law, Issues, People

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com.

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• I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Running, Jewish Tradition, Years

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

  Alan Dershowitz

  Lasts, Court, Resorts

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• I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem. Your appeal is denied. This 40 year sentence just might teach you a lesson.

  Clarence Thomas

  Stupid, Smart, Years

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• With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the state punishes with death, it denies the humanity and dignity of the victim and transgresses the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. That day will be a great day for our country, for it will be a great day for our Constitution.

  William J. Brennan

  Country, Believe, Punishment

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• 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.

  Al Franken

  Judging, Hearing, Firsts

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• Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their public trust to impose their policy preferences on society. In fact, no radical political movement has been more effective in undermining our system of government than the judiciary. And with each Supreme Court term, we hold our collective breath hoping the justices will do no further damage, knowing full well they will disappoint. Such is the nature of judicial tyranny.

  Mark Levin

  Law, Knowing, Government

  Mark R. Levin (2006). “Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America”, p.22, Regnery Publishing

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• Today, no less than five Supreme Court justices are on record, either through their opinions or speeches (or both), that they will consult foreign law and foreign-court rulings for guidance in certain circumstances. Of course, policymakers are free to consult whatever they want, but not justices. They're limited to the Constitution and the law.

  Mark Levin

  Law, Justice, Records

  "Men in Black". Interview with Kathryn Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. February 1, 2005.

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• On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, College, Anchors

  "Getting Beyond 'Firsts'" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2010.

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• The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.

  Paul Martin

  Religious, Sex, Couple

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• When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen racist comment about tens of millions of American citizens, we don't need lectures. What we need to do is to confront her with what she said and what it says about her.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Needs, Citizens, Racist

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• This is an issue just like 9/11. We didn’t decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to. It was brought to us. And if not now, when? When the supreme courts in all the other states have succumbed to the Massachusetts version of the law?

  Rick Santorum

  War, Fighting, Law

  "10 Outrageous Things Rick Santorum Has Said". The Morning Call, www.thedailybeast.com. February 20, 2012.

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

  Jack Kevorkian

  Execution, United States, Nazi

  "Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes". Book by Andy Rooney, p. 329, 2004.

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• I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Thinking, People, Adults

  "'Dr. Death' speaks out from jail". Interview With Rita Cosby, www.nbcnews.com. October 5, 2005.

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

  Arlen Specter

  Justice, Important, Sometimes

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