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A chief justice's authority is really quite limited, and the dynamic among all the justices is going to affect whether he can accomplish much or not. There is this convention of referring to the Taney Court, the Marshall Court, the Fuller Court, but a chief justice has the same vote that everyone else has. John Roberts

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I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge. It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor. John Roberts

While some of the tales of woe emanating from the court are enough to bring tears to the eyes, it is true that only Supreme Court justices and schoolchildren are expected to and do take the entire summer off. John Roberts

Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything. John Roberts

Time First Everything First Time Legislative Novelty Necessarily Fatal

The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. John Roberts

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Justice Rehnquist was friendly and unpretentious. He wore scuffed Hush Puppy shoes. That was my first lesson. Clothes do not make the man. The Justice sported long sideburns and Buddy Holly glasses long after they were fashionable. And he wore loud ties that I am confident were never fashionable. John Roberts

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I've been around doing a little of this and a little of that. Joseph Force Crater

Around Doing Been Little

I never saw the play, although I heard it was good. Joseph Force Crater

Good Saw Never Although Heard Play

Later, I became the manager for Amelia Earhart, until, well, you know. Joseph Force Crater

You Later Know Until Well Became Manager

I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights. Joseph Force Crater

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In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature life, the reason is the predominating faculty. Joseph P. Bradley

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The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity. Joseph P. Bradley

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. Joseph Story

Government Feeble Implies Execution Executive

People think I'm kind and considerate and that I listen and evaluate and give each party a chance to talk. The public's perception of judges seems to be improving because of what I'm doing, and that makes me happy. Joseph Wapner

I was the only Jew who'd ever been elected, and I don't know when there'll be another. Joseph Wapner

Only Know Another Been Elected Ever Jew

When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.' Joseph Wapner

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I know the pundits and the news media have carried a lot of commentary about cameras in the courtroom, and there's a lot of controversy about it as a result of the Simpson case. But I have not had enough time to step back and enough time to evaluate that. Lance Ito

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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom. Lance Ito

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I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith. Leah Ward Sears

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