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Judges & Justices

Quotes from judges and justices — opinions, dissents, and remarks on the record.

Current judges & justices

Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 20, 2025

I worry that the fuel industry’s gain comes at a reputational cost for this court, which is already viewed by many as being overly sympathetic to corporate interests.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 20, 2025

Even the mere appearance of favoritism can undermine confidence in the integrity of the judiciary.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 20, 2025

The Court’s remarkably lenient approach to standing in this case contrasts starkly with the stern stance it has taken in cases concerning the rights of ordinary citizens.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 20, 2025

Equal Justice Under Law remains this court’s guiding light nearly a century after those words were first engraved there.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 20, 2025

Those of us who are privileged to work inside the court must not lose sight of this institution’s unique mission and responsibility: to rule without fear or favor.

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Elena Kagan
@elenakagan· Jun 20, 2025

The majority today is wrong as a matter of precedent: This Court has held that the Hobbs Act, like its precursors, sets up a single judicial review mechanism for agency rules and orders, and prevents later collateral attacks on them in…

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Elena Kagan
@elenakagan· Jun 20, 2025

The majority today is wrong as a matter of precedent: This Court has held that the Hobbs Act, like its precursors, sets up a single judicial review mechanism for agency rules and orders, and prevents later collateral attacks on them in…

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Elena Kagan
@elenakagan· Jun 20, 2025

Today's holding undermines the certainty and finality Congress sought in designing a mechanism for judicial review; it subjects all administrative schemes, and the many businesses and individuals relying on them, to the ever-present risk…

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Brett Kavanaugh
@brettkavanaugh· Jun 20, 2025

The government may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected…

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
@ketanjibrownjackson· Jun 19, 2025

the government 'do what it wants to do regardless, rendering constraints of law irrelevant and unleashing devastation in the process.'

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Clarence Thomas
@clarencethomas· Jun 18, 2025

There should be almost no judicial scrutiny of these kinds of laws at all.

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John Roberts
@johnroberts· Jun 18, 2025

Questions regarding the law’s policy are thus appropriately left to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process.

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Clarence Thomas
@clarencethomas· Jun 18, 2025

The ongoing debate over the efficacy of sex-transition treatments for children confirms that medical and regulatory authorities are not of one mind.

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Samuel Alito
@samuelalito· Jun 18, 2025

transgender people have undoubtedly experienced discrimination

msnbc.com
Samuel Alito
@samuelalito· Jun 18, 2025

have not been able to show a history of widespread and conspicuous discrimination

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Brett Kavanaugh
@brettkavanaugh· Jun 18, 2025

Because neither Texas nor Fasken successfully intervened, they may not obtain judicial review of the commission's licensing decision under the Hobbs Act.

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Brett Kavanaugh
@brettkavanaugh· Jun 18, 2025

In short, the Hobbs Act affords judicial review to those who were parties before the commission.

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