#judges

But I do believe this - I believe that fundamentally, society is headed in the right direction or wants to head in the right direction, and I think judges have an obligation to try to help it head there. ↗

— Judge Mills Lane

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If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#crime #current #imposed #invisible #judges

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

#commitment #consensus #constant #general #i

The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#blowing #decisions #democracy #independent #judges

While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#appointed #be nice #court #crucial #defeat

So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed, and that's what the President has done, but getting them through is the challenge. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#appointed #challenge #done #getting #judges

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#advised #all things #confident #integrity #judges

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy. ↗

— Mike DeWine

#before #broad #case #judges #need

It is impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel. ↗

— Richard Goldstone

#defense #guarantee #impossible #judges #public

Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it! ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#call #critical #discrimination #diversity #feels