Carolyn Maloney Quotes

As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.

In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.

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

You watch the Supreme Court in action on these cases, and they are a conflicted court. However, when it comes to speech issues generally, the court has been protective.

We've been following Judge Alito's career over the last 15 years, while he's been on the Court of Appeals.

The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.

The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

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

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.

You’ve got to expect that there will be twists and turns [in court opinions], especially with major doctrine.

I do not want to amend the Constitution to override the decision of the Supreme Court.

The administration cannot very well let its social program down because of adverse Supreme Court decisions .

The Supreme Court is never very far from public opinion.

In this Court dissents have gradually become majority opinions.

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

I never want to be in the business of predicting what the U.S. Supreme Court will do.

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

In pursuing the cherished goal of gender justice, to mention one example, the Supreme Court of India has always been proactive and progressive.

My whole life, I have considered myself a feminist.

Many studies or theories by political scientists fit some subset of cases that a court decides, but literally no theory can account for all of them, particularly when it comes to studying a complex institution like the Supreme Court.

As I have said repeatedly, if confirmed to the court, I would be part of a team of nine, committed to deciding cases according to the constitution and laws of the United States. I would always strive to be a team player.

Whatever your partisan affiliation, it is worth considering the overarching constitutional principles involved in any given Supreme Court precedent.

The Supreme Court has also issued and never reversed a number of decisions that are repugnant to the Constitution's vision of human dignity and equality.