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There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Political, Question, United

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.
Newt Gingrich

Experience, Woman, Racism

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.
Jonathan Sacks

Freedom, True, Justice

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.
Robert Bork

Change, Less, Congress

Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law.
Lamar S. Smith

Political, Law, Abuse

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.
Lyn Nofziger

Stupid, Strong, Arrogant

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.
Alan Dershowitz

Government, School, Important

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.
Ron Wyden

Legal, Judge, Hard

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.
Stockwell Day

Challenge, System, Simply

Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Living, Proud, Last

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
Gary Bauer

Virtue, Empathy, Principle

In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up.
David Millar

Truth, Put, Place

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.
Timothy Murphy

Education, Crisis, Country

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.
Ron Kind

Government, Democracy, Review

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.
Paul Weyrich

Understand, Leave, President

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.
Eric Holder

Process, Due, Guarantees

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.
Eric Holder

Same, Security, Process

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.
Gijs de Vries

Fight, Control, Keep

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.
Elihu Root

Life, Human, Whether

The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'
Bob Barr

Legal, American, Rather

Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget.
Phyllis Schlafly

Power, Death, Someone

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.
Ernest Istook

Marriage, Control, America

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military.
Catherine Bell

Judge, Military, System

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
Felix Frankfurter

Today, Deep, May

The president does not have any obligation to make a consensus appointment here. What the president's obligation is, is to pick a judicial conservative, and I believe that's what he's gonna do.
Jay Alan Sekulow

Here, President, Pick

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

Philosophy, America, Vote

If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some in our Chamber are making. They are all receiving judicial review.
Robin Hayes

Around, Making, Fall

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.
John Yoo

Decision, Subject, Court

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other.
Stephen Breyer

Speak, Group, Both

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

Voting, Here, Used

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