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I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

Think Nine General I Think Clerk Justices Solicitor

I think there needs to be a range of justices, of all types. You can't just pick one type.

You Think Just Needs Justices Range Types I Think Pick Type

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

Political Politicians Ask Platform Justices Run Senators Should Them

Sometimes Supreme Court justices surprise you with their decisions - you think they're going to vote one way, but they vote a different way, and I keep an open mind about that. But I think a moral compass is really important for a Supreme Court justice, as it is for any political appointee.

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I have always thought that term limits for Justices sound good until you really give the issue some thought.

Good You Always Limits Justices Term Limits Give Issue Really Some Sound Term Thought Until

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Richard M. Nixon

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It's sobering to think of the seventeen chief justices; certainly a solid majority of them have to be characterized as failures. The successful ones are hard to number.

Think Hard Majority Solid Certainly Characterized Chief Failures Justices Number Seventeen Sobering Successful Them

'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.

I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman's right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could do what they knew was right. That organizing allowed Americans to get to know gays and lesbians as our daughters and sons, our neighbors, and our friends.

Pramila Jayapal

I think justices of all stripes agree that stare decisis is important, but not an inextricable command. It's not inflexible; it's not absolute.

Brett Kavanaugh

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Supreme Court justices should not be an extension of the Republican Party.

Dianne Feinstein

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We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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