Supreme Quotes - Page 8

• Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.

  Chuck Grassley

  Exercise, Keys, Judging

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• Supreme Court nominees should be individuals who not only understand, but truly respect the equal roles and responsibilities of different branches of government and our state governments.

  Chuck Grassley

  Responsibility, Government, Branches

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off on the wrong path with regard to Supreme Court decisions.

  Joe Biden

  Decision, Matter, Today

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• I believe at its core we have a Constitution, as our Supreme Court's first great justice, Marshall, said in 1819, and I quote, "intended to endure for the ages to come and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs."

  Joe Biden

  Believe, Justice, Age

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• The one place that David is equal to Goliath is in the Supreme Court.

  Joe Biden

  Goliath, Court, Equal

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

  Jon Kyl

  Justice, President, Taft

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• A través de su interpretación de la Constitución, el Tribunal Supremo moldea enormemente el tejido de nuestra sociedad para nosotros y para las generaciones futuras.

  Herb Kohl

  Generations, Fabric, Shapes

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• Como guardián de nuestros derechos, el Tribunal Supremo toma cada año decisiones que protegen al individuo o lo dejan a merced de fuerzas más poderosas de nuestra sociedad.

  Herb Kohl

  Powerful, Rights, Years

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Si es confirmado, [Juez del Tribunal Supremo] escribirá las palabras que ampliarán o reducirán nuestros derechos durante el resto de su vida laboral. Usted interpretará la Constitución en la que nosotros, como pueblo, depositamos nuestra fe y en la que descansan nuestras libertades como nación. Y a diario, las palabras de sus opiniones afectarán a innumerables personas que buscan protección tras las puertas del tribunal.

  Herb Kohl

  Escritura, Derechos, Puertas

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Concedemos a los jueces del Tribunal Supremo esta libertad porque esperamos que permanezcan por encima de la atracción de la política, que eviten los efectos de la excitación pública y permitan una visión más amplia, no atada a los caprichos de la mayoría en un momento determinado de la historia.

  Herb Kohl

  Puntos de vista, Dar, Justicia

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Un candidato [al Tribunal Supremo] debe poseer la competencia, el carácter y el temperamento necesarios para ejercer el cargo.

  Herb Kohl

  Character, Benches, Court

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• La excelencia judicial significa que un juez del Tribunal Supremo debe tener un sentido de los valores de los que parte el núcleo de nuestro sistema político-económico. En otras palabras, no deberíamos aprobar a ningún candidato cuya filosofía judicial extrema socavaría los derechos y libertades en los que confían todos los estadounidenses.

  Herb Kohl

  Philosophy, Mean, Rights

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.

  Mike DeWine

  Advice, Understanding, President

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• When it comes to the Supreme Court, the American people have only two times when they have any input into how our Constitution is interpreted and who will have the privilege to do so.First, we elect a president who has the power to nominate justices to the Supreme Court.Second, the people, acting through their representatives in the Senate, have their say on whether the president's nominee should in fact be confirmed.

  Mike DeWine

  Two, People, Justice

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• En mi opinión, el presidente del Tribunal Supremo Roberts lo expresó mejor durante sus recientes audiencias de confirmación. Y dijo, y cito: "Los creadores no eran el tipo de personas que, habiendo luchado en una revolución para conseguir el derecho al autogobierno, se sentaran y dijeran: 'Bueno, tomemos todas las cuestiones difíciles que tenemos ante nosotros y dejemos que los jueces las decidan'. Eso habría sido lo más alejado de su mente", sin embargo, me temo que el Tribunal Supremo olvida este consejo.

  Mike DeWine

  Issues, Government, Self

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• That very document [Constitution] does little to serve people when Supreme Court decisions are written so that even high-priced lawyers can't figure them out.

  Mike DeWine

  People, Decision, Doe

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I'm one that believes that Samuel Alito appointment on the Supreme Court is a pivotal appointment. And because he replace Sandra Day O'Connor and because she was the fifth vote on 148 cases, you well could be a very key and decisive vote.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Believe, Keys, Vote

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the American people.

  John Cornyn

  People, Judging, Political

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• I want judges on the Supreme Court who will respect the words and the meaning of the Constitution, the laws enacted by Congress and the laws enacted by state legislatures.

  John Cornyn

  Law, Judging, Want

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.

  John Cornyn

  Law, Roving, Nominations

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• This country has gotten seriously off track under the Supreme Court when it went so far as to limit the right of even private citizens to freely express their religious views in public.

  John Cornyn

  País, Religioso, Puntos de vista

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• Most people in America don't believe that "God" is a dirty word, but the sad fact is that some Americans are left to wonder whether the Supreme Court might have greater regard for it if it was.

  John Cornyn

  Creer, Sucio, América

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will you use your power on the court to restrict freedom or expand it?"

  Dick Durbin

  Issues, Illinois, Use

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.

  Dick Durbin

  America, Rights, Liberty

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. 9 de enero de 2006.

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• In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry, and established the principle that our government should respect the value of privacy of American families. These decisions are the legacy of justices who chose to expand American freedom.

  Dick Durbin

  School, Race, Government

  Senate Confirmation Hearings - Day 1, www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.

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