Political Quotes

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Judges & Justices

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

Current judges & justices

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.

thenation.com
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.

cbsnews.com
Clarence Thomas
@clarencethomas· Jun 12, 2025

We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.

msnbc.com
Brett Kavanaugh
@brettkavanaugh· Jun 12, 2025

You sowed the wind, and now the country will reap the whirlwind.

slate.com
Clarence Thomas
@clarencethomas· Jun 12, 2025

Congress must use clearer language under the Constitution’s spending clause if it wishes to outlaw such unintentional discrimination.

slate.com
John Roberts
@johnroberts· Jun 12, 2025

In imposing a higher bar for discrimination claims based on educational services as compared to other sorts of disability discrimination claims, the chief justice declared, the lower courts bungled the unambiguous directive of the law.

slate.com
John Roberts
@johnroberts· Jun 12, 2025

A vigorous and energetic Executive… for a feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.

motherjones.com
John Roberts
@johnroberts· Jun 12, 2025

If every member of the executive branch operates according to the president’s will and at the president’s pleasure, then voters know who to blame when something goes wrong.

motherjones.com
Samuel Alito
@samuelalito· Apr 22, 2025

We reject this chilling vision of the power of the state to strip away the critical right of parents to guide the religious development of their children

cbsnews.com
Samuel Alito
@samuelalito· Apr 22, 2025

[W]e hold that the Board's introduction of the 'LGBTQ+-inclusive' storybooks — combined with its decision to withhold notice to parents and to forbid opt outs — substantially interferes with the religious development of their children and…

cbsnews.com
Samuel Alito
@samuelalito· Oct 3, 2023

I am not suggesting that the decision in that case should be overruled.

usatoday.com
John Roberts
@johnroberts· Mar 8, 2023

The videos just don't appear out of thin air. They appear pursuant to the algorithms.

congress.gov
Elena Kagan
@elenakagan· Mar 8, 2023

Every other industry has to internalize the costs of misconduct. Why is it that the tech industry gets a pass? A little bit unclear.

congress.gov