Shannon Bream Quotes

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America.

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.

I, for one, want to see Mr. Cruz as a Supreme Court appointee.

We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination.

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

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.

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.

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

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 needs jurists, not politicians.

There is no more moving a professional relationship than that between a law clerk and a Supreme Court justice. As a place to work, the court is unique in its intimacy and intensity.

The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being.

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

The Supreme Court is our ultimate check and balance.

I've made two major mistakes in my administration, and their both sitting on the Supreme Court.

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

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

The imperial judiciary lives.

I don’t see why a Supreme Court justice has to have previous experience as a judge.

For roughly two hundred years, politics has influenced dramatically the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court justices. Presidents routinely have selected nominees to the Court based on political considerations…

If I were now presiding in the Supreme Court of the United States as Chief Justice, I should feel entirely at home, but with the troubles of selecting a Cabinet and the difficulties in respect to the revision of the tariff, I feel just a bit like a fish out of water.

If you're a Supreme Court justice, the American people have elevated you to one of the highest offices in the land out of the goodness of their heart and out of deference to your legal wisdom. You get a lifetime appointment, limitless prestige, a great office, and what I have to assume is a very comfortable chair.

President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them.

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