Louie Gohmert Quotes

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

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

I’m not sure that I was well prepared for the Supreme Court when I came here.

I began my legal career working for Byron White, the last Coloradan to serve on the Supreme Court, and the only justice to lead the N.F.L. in rushing. He was one of the smartest and most courageous men I've ever known.

As a former federal judge, I am cognizant of the legal issues. As governor, I am forced to deal with their ramifications.

I went to law school.

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness.

The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor.

I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.

I was privileged to serve as a judge.

I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.

I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field.

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.

If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.

Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

I love being a judge, and I anticipate being a judge for the rest of my life.

Our role as judges is to interpret the law.

I clerked for a judge, William Norris, on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals right after law school and then for Justice O'Connor the next year.

I want to study law.

I'm a student of the law.

I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?'