John Roberts Case Quotations

He did what a judge should do, not give any indication on any specific case or how he might look at that because if he does, he's not going to be the impartial arbiter a judge should be,

The right that was protected in the assisted-suicide case was the right of the people through their legislatures to articulate their own views on the policies that should apply in those cases of terminating life, and not to have the court interfering in those policy decisions, ... That's an important right.

This is a case in which our supposed litigation program to encourage judicial restraint did not get off the ground, and should have,

I know there are people of strongly held views on both sides of the issue ... And I know that the responsibility of a judge confronting this issue is to decide the case according to the rule of law consistent with the precedents, not to take sides in the dispute as a matter of policy, but to decide it according to the law.

I have no agenda, but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind.

I have no agenda but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind.

it has to be in the context of the case . . . they don't have a license to go out and decide, 'I think this is an injustice and so I'm going to do something to fix it.'

The case itself is still pending, I don't think it's appropriate for me to address that.