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If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.

~A. E. Waite

Topics: Any Card Court Depends End Falls Hands Him Mainly Person Should Subject Tenth Ultimately

Keywords: About Ball Breaking Career Fastball Looked Me Never None Past Pitch Same Them Throw Whole Worried


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We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Court Decision Decisions Know Made Often Own Scott Shall Think

Keywords: Abandoned


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A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Before Campaign Corporate Court Gay He Issues Justice Kennedy Liberal Reagan Repeatedly Shown Spending

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The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Activism Branches Conservative Constitution Control Court Down Elected Government Great Judges Judicial Justices Laws Most Opponents Passed Precedent Presented Principles Rent Should Strike Supreme Themselves Those True Uphold Using

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If the Supreme Court rules that rent control is an unconstitutional taking of property, it would put all sorts of zoning rules in danger.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Control Court Danger Property Put Rent Rules Sort Supreme Supreme Court Taking Unconstitutional Would

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No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at peace.

~Adam Hochschild

Topics: Court Ever International Justice National Peace Society Substitute System Working

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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Court Fundamental Give Honestly Law Most Responsibilities Testimony Think Willingly I Think

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When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating.

~Adrian Smith

Topics: Being Court Efficient Fascinating Go Seeing Someone Stage Suddenly Used World You Your

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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

~Al Franken

Topics: Confirmation Court First Had Hearing Judge Participating Privilege Senator Supreme Supreme Court Week

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It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.

~Al Franken

Topics: Actually Around Authorized Court Debate Hard Impossible Legal Opinions Programs Secret

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