Judicial Transparency Quotes

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

The day you see a camera coming into the Supreme Court will be over my dead body.

The practice of dealing with publications scandalizing judges under the criminal process of contempt of court ought to be stopped, voluntarily by the judges or under the compulsion of impeachment.

Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.

The judiciary wields enormous power but is utterly mysterious to most Americans. People know more about 'American Idol' judges than Supreme Court judges. Done right, social media is a high-octane tool to boost civic awareness.

Poland needs reform of the judiciary, but I am a supporter of a wise reform.

I think people just find it remarkable that a high court justice would step out from behind the bench and have a persona that's not the traditional, stodgy, fuddy-duddy persona, but actually comes across as authentic and engaging.

I don't suggest we ought to be able to pressure judges, but we ought to be able to criticize [them] when we think they've made a mistake

I don’t see any problem with having proceedings televised. I think it would be good for the public.

And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.

The Supreme Court should televise its proceedings.

I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.

If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public.

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

In the justice system, we say there must be open justice where there is to be justice. The judged while trying must themselves be tried before the public.

People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see how it functions.

Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.

Whatever final judgment awaits 'Bush v. Gore' in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair.

Prosecutors, unlike any other official in our system, … are not as accountable… to the public that they serve Police officers do what they do in a public space. Judges are in a courtroom... Prosecutors make their charging decisions and plea bargain decisions behind closed doors…. There is no transparency … There is a lot of unconscious and implicit bias.

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

[The decisions made by the prosecutors were] stunningly arbitrary. These decisions are shrouded in such complete secrecy that they make the proceedings of the former English Court of Star Chamber appear to be a model of criminal justice transparency. We as judges can and should do more [to change the situation.]

Cameras in the courtroom is a great idea.