Mohammad Javad Zarif Quotes

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.

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

There are some in black robes sitting on federal benches all across this country. They're Democrats, Republicans, liberals, and even conservatives that pervert the Constitution.

With such a court and such men as we now have for judges neither our lives, our liberty nor our property are safe. Our State rights have been invaded by this court in one case and they will not hesitate to do so in another if it suits their convenience or is for their interest or the interest of Slavery -- of either the white or black race. What hope can we have of obtaining justice from men who have so grossly outraged every principle which we as freeman hold dear? Men who will resort to falsehood in one case will also do it in another. Men who will pervert the law in one case will do it in all cases where interest or favoritism is concerned. What chance would a free state man have in such a court if opposed by a slaveholder? None whatever.

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

In 'Bush v. Gore,' five justices had a partisan outcome in mind and then made up the judicial principle to justify it, while claiming that the decision would not be precedent for any future cases.

I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.

The decision violates both the letter and spirit of the law.

Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations.

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.

The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges

Five of its nine silk gowns are worn by Slaveholders. More than half its long Bench is filled with Slaveholders. Its Chief Justice is a Slaveholder. The Free States with double the population of the Slave State, do not have half the Judges. The majority represent a minority of 350,000. The minority represent a majority of twenty Millions!

Samuel Chase is tending to prostitute the high judicial character with which he was invested, to the low purpose of an electioneering partisan

… a clear abuse of judicial power

Judges are objects of aversion and distrust.

Judicial activism is a term for a legal opinion that the speaker does not like. It is a curse word without content.

The Dred Scott decision was an outrage upon the Constitution

I despise the current Supreme Court and find its aggressive, willful statist behavior disgusting.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.

unconstitutional, unnecessary, extrajudicial

A point concerning property, which ought, for the reasons I have just mentioned, to be most speedily decided, frequently exercises the wit of successions of lawyers, for many generations .… But the question concerning a man’s life, that great question in which no delay ought to be counted tedious, is commonly determined in twenty-four hours at the utmost. It is not to be wondered at that injustice and absurdity should be inseparable companions.

Time has proved that the Supreme Court’s judgment was wrong on the most outstanding issues upon which it chose to challenge the popular branches

Look out: The Supreme Court’s black-robed gang of far right ideologues are rampaging again!