Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United!

Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United and end the movement toward oligarchy that we are seeing in this country.

Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court.

History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.

With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.

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

The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to place political speech beyond the government's control, and we can be glad that it did.

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

The decision in Citizens United said that money equals speech, a position that I - and a vast majority of Americans, in poll after poll - could not disagree with more.

In 'Citizens United v. FEC', the Supreme Court ruled that sections of the federal campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold imposed unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of corporations.

I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.

I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.

They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade. That isn't even the right question. I don't even know of a case in the (court) system that addresses it.

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

The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to serve for decades.

Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the great legal questions which may arise under the Constitution, the laws, or the treaties of the United States.

Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

My feeling is that the judge has a responsibility to the Constitution first, precedent second. Precedent is one factor. It is not the only factor. If it was the only factor, then, you know, we wouldn't have had Roe vs. Wade. We wouldn't have had Griswold. We wouldn't have had Lawrence. We wouldn't have had all these cases which the Left love.

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

If the law were so simple we would not have so many 5-4 decisions of the Supreme Court

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

No matter whether th' Constitution follows th' flag or not, the Supreme Coort follows th' iliction returns.

John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.