David Stras Quotes

The Presidency is for four years, but the Supreme Court is forever.

I would love to get Chief Justice John Roberts for an interview. I think that would be fascinating, I think that Supreme Court nominees should do more interviews.

The last stop to protect rights and liberties is the Supreme Court.

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

The Supreme Court is our ultimate check and balance.

The key to the [Supreme] court's critical constitutional role lies in the mystery of its future actions.

The Supreme Court is never very far from public opinion.

The Supreme Court is very capable of acting quickly when it needs to.

If the court is a political institution making important political decisions, then the public should debate the politics of Supreme Court decisions.

There's no such thing as judicial supremacy.

We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.

The president typically never does comment on anything involving the Supreme Court cases, Supreme Court ruling, or Supreme Court finding, typically.

Many voters think about the makeup of the Supreme Court when they are choosing a president. The justices deal not only with constitutional issues but also with social issues that were unknown to the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution more than 200 years ago.

The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the office and who respects the very different roles that the Constitution provides for each of the three branches of government.

I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

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

What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

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

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.