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To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

~Stephen Breyer

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Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.

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There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

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I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

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It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

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Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.

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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.

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Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

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At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

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You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: August 15th, 1938

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