Merrick Garland Quotes
For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bork was the proponent of the theory that the Supreme Court constantly exceeded its authority and became a de facto legislature to make reforms the elite, intellectual elements of society desired as opposed to what the majority wanted.
The government of Pakistan regarded this as seditious. The Government can fire judges at will and the military has the right to convene its own courts and try Pakistani civilians for certain alleged crimes by removing their cases from the civilian courts. Even when a Pakistani judge is not intimidated by the government or the military, the Islamic extremist fanatics often assassinate any public official who any one of thousands of fanatics feels is anti-Islamic.
This concept of balance of power and the equal role of the judiciary is actually quite rare. Even in Parliamentary democracies the parliament can override any court interpretation. In England, the upper legislative house, the House of Lords, actually serves as the nation’s highest or supreme court. And these “Law Lords” can override all regular judicial bodies.
She had been asked how well prepared she was to be a Supreme Court Justice. Many Justices believe that the post is so unique that no amount of lower court experience can prepare one for the Supreme Court.
He was referring to the Presidential election of 2000 where the Supreme Court by a 5-4 decision reached a decision that as a de facto matter made George W. Bush President over Al Gore.
G. Harold Carswell was nominated to a vacancy on the Supreme Court by President Nixon. The nominee did not have a reputation as a distinguished jurist. Senator Hruska defended the nomination:
Merrick Brian Garland is an American attorney and jurist serving as the 86th United States attorney general since March 2021. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.
