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american-judge decided
Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public. Stephen Breyer
american-judge attorney became family involved
Like I said, a little of this, and a little of that. I got involved with the aviators of the 1930's. I became the family attorney for the Lindberghs. Joseph Force Crater
american-judge shalt thou
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. Learned Hand
american-judge court dies hearts lies men needs save
It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
american-judge cameras certain truth
If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public. Lance Ito
american-judge cameras fully opportunity
I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
american-judge public trial
The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
american-judge definite mind public verdict whether works
And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
american-judge cameras certain public truth
And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
american-judge whereas
Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
american-judge work
We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
american-judge envisioned legal pleased
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.
american-judge degree girls growing lady mother unusual
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
american-judge carry case concepts feet hands judge lawyer lowest possible shortest time
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America. Warren E. Burger
american-judge freedom itself means press
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. Felix Frankfurter
american-judge reached
The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
american-judge constitution deem deeply justified matter member notions private
As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime. Earl Warren
american-judge case issue precisely raised sensitive touches upset whose
It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority. Harry A. Blackmun
american-judge
I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor. Roy Bean
american-judge brown golden harvest hills
And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun.
american-judge finally land
And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.
american-judge individual vital
While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. Charles Evans Hughes
american-judge men
Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.
american-judge believe children
If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are and that's probably what they will become.
american-judge executive feeble implies
A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. Joseph Story
american-judge best fidelity good government implies knowledge objects
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.
american-judge developed human judges liberty necessary protecting system
We developed a system of protecting human liberty such that judges and independent judges are a necessary part of that protection.
american-judge earth power
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. John Jay
american-judge barred calls confess confession crime enters offer police statements states station stop wishes
There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
american-judge education local provisions public requiring
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.
american-judge best destroyed dinner good house phone
For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world. Harold H. Greene
american-judge people
I think it shows that if you have one group of people doing it, you'll get another group of people doing it.