Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. |
Judges are umpires. I will remember it is my job to call balls and strikes, and not pitch or bat. |
Judges do not have a commission to solve society's problems, ... their role, while important, is limited. |
Judges wear black robes because it doesn't matter who they are as individuals. That's not going to shape their decision. It's their understanding of the law that will shape their decision. |
Late this August, MALDEF announced its opposition to Judge Roberts. |
Leaving CBS News will be difficult _ no question. The ache of anxious anticipation has been gnawing away at me for some time now. It's not just the thought of leaving behind the comfort of familiar surroundings. It's about the many colleagues around the world whom I have come to call friends. |
Let him finish his answer. |
Like most people, I resist the labels. I have told people, when pressed, that I prefer to be known as a modest judge. And, to me, that means some of the things that you talked about in those other labels. It means an appreciation that the role of the judge is limited; the judge is to decide the cases before them; they're not to legislate; they're not to execute the laws. |
Man for All Seasons |
Many of the conservative policies pursued by the (Justice) Department, such as the decisions not to seek (school) busing or hiring quotas ... have not been formalized in any way and could be instantly reversed when a new administration took office, ... It makes eminent sense to pursue legislation to guarantee that our policies cannot be easily undone. |
Many of the proposals for dealing with the zero bound rely on influencing expectations, both of future interest rates and of future inflation. |
Mr. Chairman, I come before the committee with no agenda. I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes. I have no agenda, but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind. |
Mr. Jones suggests in his letter that you would have reacted differently to an alleged civil rights violation, and in a thinly veiled threat, asserts that the alleged insensitivity of the administration to fundamentalist Christians will not go unnoticed by that sizable voting block, |
My faith and my religious beliefs do not play a role. |
My new best friend, Senator Thompson, assures me that television cameras are nothing to be afraid of, |