Court Quotes
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For almost a century after the Slaughter-House Cases, the Court followed this narrow reading of the Equal Protection Clause and refused to use it to stop other types of discrimination. For example, in 1875, two years after the Slaughter-House Cases, the Supreme Court held that it was constitutional to deny women the right to vote.
Erwin Chemerinsky
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Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.
Willem Dafoe
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Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.
Norman Geisler
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I'm playing great tennis. I'm enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I'm loving it now.
Roger Federer
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Court an idea as long as you like, but be careful before marrying it.
Arturo Graf
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Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted.
Michele Bachmann
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The likelihood of any success in court which is not a scientific body is very low.
Bob Walker
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In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.' 'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this. 'I had to. It was court-ordered.
Sarah Dessen
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The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
Sandra Day O'Connor
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My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
Ricardo Lagos
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Some of the people on death row today might not be there if the courts had not been so lenient on them when they were first offenders.
Thomas Sowell
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I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.
Allen Iverson
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It's better to be a corporation today than to be a woman in front of the Supreme Court.
Cecile Richards
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When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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You don’t win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.
Carlo D'Este
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Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.
Sandra Day O'Connor
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If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.
Allen Iverson
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They say he goes to it with every stable boy and every young buck at the court, and where will that get him when all know it is a sin in the eyes of the Lord, and one day the devil will stick a red-hot poker up his nether parts for all damnation.
Colin Falconer
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Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.
Serena Williams
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The whole arena-type thing, our home court is a big setting, so that really didn't shock us or anything. It's just getting used to the ball. New ball, new place, new exposure.
Bobby Frasor
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I just want to be perfect on court, but is not possible. The perfect doesn't exist.
Simona Halep
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When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Norm Crosby
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One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.
Roger Federer