Richard Nixon Quotes

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.

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.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.

The Supreme Court is never very far from public opinion.

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

If you're president, it's often your court appointments that seal your legacy with a capital L.

I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions.

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

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

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

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that he will interpret the Constitution rather than make new laws from the bench.

The [Supreme] Court did not interpret the Constitution—the court amended it.

The real difficulty is not with the Constitution but with the judges who interpret it.

The Supreme Court follows the election returns.

The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.

The Supreme Court has been of all features of our Government ... the most successful

The imperial judiciary lives.

A decision reflects judicial restraint if it upholds practices under constitutional attack. A decision reflects judicial activism if it invalidates practices under constitutional attack.

It has been the judiciary that has preserved the Constitution rather than the other two separated powers.

The ultimate function of the Supreme Court is nothing less than the arbitration between fundamental and ever-present rival forces or trends in our organized society.

The Supreme Court only hears the cases that it wants to hear.

Antonin Scalia was witty, warm, funny, and full of life. He was not only one of the most important justices in the nation's history; he was also among the greatest.

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