Political Quotes

Eric Holder: “My concern is that they`re going to be ideological. My hope is that they will follow precedent, follow the facts, apply…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2022
My concern is that they`re going to be ideological. My hope is that they will follow precedent, follow the facts, apply the law in the neutral way that they should.
Said by
Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Eric Holder expresses concern about the ideological nature of the Supreme Court justices and hopes they will adhere to legal precedents.

Share

More from Eric Holder

Mar 13, 2023

The Independent State Legislature Doctrine says that Courts should not have any role in the redistricting determination. It's an affront to our notion of checks and balances.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 18, 2026

Not on my watch would we see a retrenchment, to go back to the America that existed before the great work that Ambassador Young and all those great heroes, heroines did before me,’’

marylandmatters.org
Sep 18, 2026

What worries me about this moment now is that this administration, aided by this Supreme Court, is bound and determined to take us back to a time that I thought, that we all thought, that might have been behind us,’’

marylandmatters.org

Other voices in this conversation