The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNORMy sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.
More Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes
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We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
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And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer.
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(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.
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How dare you make my life a felony.
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I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.
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Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.
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[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.
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I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are important in our country, but they’re not things that most citizens know much about.
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I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.
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Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
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The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender
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I’m not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody’s waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.
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My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.
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If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.
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If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.
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