#judiciary

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#judiciary #must #political #released #strengthened

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#everybody #independent #judiciary #known #knows

"Empathy" is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash. ↗

— Karl Rove

#backlash #branch #clay #code #constitution

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#congress #judiciary #need #our #restraint

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#committee #conservative #exceptional #fact #john

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. ↗

— Bill Johnson

#allows #america #binding #compensation #court

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#america #asking #basis #betrayal #committee

If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon. ↗

— Paul Begala

#bush #campaign #compliant #congress #embark

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear. ↗

— Rose Bird

#hear #judiciary #like #may #moment