Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.
Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse.
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
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.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.
Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.
We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.
Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.