Judicial Fairness Quotes

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.

Judge Kavanaugh has an exemplary record of service to the judiciary and the rule of law.

… due process of law is not for the sole benefit of an accused. It is the best insurance for the Government itself against those blunders which leave lasting stains on a system of justice but which are bound to occur on ex parte consideration

If you hang them all, you will get the guilty. But that's not the American way of doing things.

It's important not to get into the business of characterizing judges based on one decision they make

Now it is clear, that if the government can exclude, on account either of their opinions or feelings, any persons thus drawn by lot, the trial is no longer a trial by 'the country,' but only by a portion of the country.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.

In the criminal justice community, as a judge, being tough is not enough. You have to be fair.

Great judges are also great teachers.

Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

Man shall be judged by his Peers and Equals. For when the Fate of a Citizen is in Question, all Prejudices arising from the Difference of Rank or Fortune should be stifled; because they ought to have no Influence between the Judges and the Parties accused.

I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women, plural, on the court.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

The truth is that the D.C. Circuit is an admirably nonideological court that applies principles of administrative law evenhandedly.

God forbid that the defendant should not be allowed the benefit of every advantage he is entitled to by law.

To guard our most cherished values and the law that holds us together, America needs a Supreme Court justice committed to the people's Constitution. Neil Gorsuch is that person.

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.

Mainstream America, in the long run, will always stand for highly qualified, impartial judges and for a fair process and for senators who do their jobs and vote - not who unfairly smear good men like Judge Alito.

For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed.

I feel that I am entitled to take medicinal marijuana. In general, I believe that everyone who has a doctor's prescription is entitled to take marijuana. I, however, do not believe that my day in court should be taken from me, and that's essentially what's happening.