“ Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question. ”
- Alexis De Tocqueville- Copy
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“ If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. ”
- John Cornyn- Copy
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“ The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements. ”
- John Marshall Harlan- Copy
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“ Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
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“ This is not a formal, legalistic ending of combat, but major combat operations have ended. From a legal point of view, this is not the end of hostilities. ”
- Ari Fleischer- Copy
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“ The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard. ”
- Jim Bunning- Copy
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“ Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it. ”
- Joseph Howe- Copy
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