Supreme Court – Quotes

So was it a

So was it a political mistake for Obama to put so many eggs in the health-care-reform basket? Well, a negative decision from the Supreme Court will certainly make it appear so. Eric Alterman

My association with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is sort of predated by an effort that we were a part of here in New York City regarding the reaction to this 1954 Supreme Court [Brown v Board of Education] decision. Ella Baker

Say good-bye to a

Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation. Elizabeth Warren

The Supreme Court, of

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people. Elena Kagan

If diversity is what

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court. Eleanor Holmes Norton

The Twist was a

The Twist was a guided missile, launched from the ghetto into the very heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion, and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books. Eldridge Cleaver

We want this –

We want this – and I – we hope that right when they come back, that the Congress passes the Lilly Ledbetter Act which would correct the Supreme Court decision that was just recent that essentially guts wage discrimination law. It’s been in place for years. It was gutted by this Roberts Court. We want … Read more

A Supreme Court decision

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a \”supreme law of the land\” that is binding on all persons and parts of government, henceforth and forevermore. Edwin Meese

Jefferson found in the

Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted as suited any Supreme Court Justice or White House incumbent. That amendment had built a wall, with the ecclesiastical estate on one side and the civil estate on the other. Edwin Gaustad

It is extraordinary that

It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court – Chief Justice [John] Roberts, Harriet Miers and now Judge Alito – has served not only as a lawyer for the executive branch, but has defended the most expansive view of presidential authority. Edward … Read more