Supreme Court of the United States Quotes

“Rule of law”

“United States Constitution”

“Clarence doesn't discuss his work with me, and I don't involve him in my work”

“The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.”

“Nine, nine... There have been nine men there for a long, long time, right? So why not nine women?”

“None of us are safe from the extreme anti-women and anti-L.G.B.T.Q. ideology that now dominates this court.”

“The Senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination. History and precedent make that perfectly clear.”

“"At the Supreme Court, those who know don’t talk, and those who talk don’t know,” Ginsburg was fond of saying.”

“And as I say to you, whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court, he ceases to be your friend, you can be sure of that.”

“I believe the right thing to do is for the Senate to take up this nomination and to confirm the nominee before election day.”

“The Supreme Court is a clown show. The idea that these nine individuals carry incredible wisdom is being debunked in real time.”

“Wikipedia: Supreme Court of the United States”

“In an election year, we have a long tradition, that a lame-duck president doesn't get to jam a Supreme Court nominee through on the very end.”

“I will support President*ealDonaldTrump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.”

“We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution -- not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.”

“We will move forward without delay and in deliberate fashion. We will process the president's nominee and I believe that we will confirm that nominee as well.”

“There are limits to analyzing the reasoning of published Supreme Court opinions, to say nothing of drafts. Logic and syllogisms don’t carry us very far in the law.”

“When an election is under way the American people are about to weigh in on who's going to be the president. And that's the person, whoever it may be, who ought to be making this appointment.”

“Why would we cut off the national debate about this next justice? Why would we squelch the voice of the people? Why would we deny the voters a chance to weigh in on the make-up of the Supreme Court?”

“The exceptionally urgent need to reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure for Medicare and Medicaid patients given the anticipated winter surge in infections tips the equities overwhelmingly in favor of a stay”