At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.
Stephen BreyerRead
Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
Interpretation
Judges should remain impartial and not influenced by politics.
This quote emphasizes the importance of judicial independence, suggesting that judges must be free from political pressures to ensure fair and just legal outcomes. It highlights the necessity for a justice system that remains stable and fair, protecting individuals from the shifting moods of political influence.
In practice
Citing this quote in a speech about the importance of independent judiciary during a law conference.
At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.
You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts
We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
Courts are too distant from the communities they put on trial.
The reasonableness of the agency of the national courts in cases in which the state tribunals cannot be supposed to be impartial, speaks for itself. No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias.
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
Global warming is a justice issue. It's a justice issue because global warming is theft - theft from our own children and grand children, of their right to a livable future. It's a justice issue, because its victims are, and will be, disproportionately poor and of color, those least able to contend with or to flee, the storms, droughts, famines, and rising tides of global warming.
A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.
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