Judicial Transparency Quotes

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

The practice of dealing with publications scandalizing judges under the criminal process of contempt of court ought to be stopped, voluntarily by the judges or under the compulsion of impeachment.

The day you see a camera coming into the Supreme Court will be over my dead body.

The judiciary wields enormous power but is utterly mysterious to most Americans. People know more about 'American Idol' judges than Supreme Court judges. Done right, social media is a high-octane tool to boost civic awareness.

Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.

I think people just find it remarkable that a high court justice would step out from behind the bench and have a persona that's not the traditional, stodgy, fuddy-duddy persona, but actually comes across as authentic and engaging.

Poland needs reform of the judiciary, but I am a supporter of a wise reform.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.

I don't suggest we ought to be able to pressure judges, but we ought to be able to criticize [them] when we think they've made a mistake

I don’t see any problem with having proceedings televised. I think it would be good for the public.

And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.

The Supreme Court should televise its proceedings.

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

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

In the justice system, we say there must be open justice where there is to be justice. The judged while trying must themselves be tried before the public.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.

If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public.

Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.

People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see how it functions.

Prosecutors, unlike any other official in our system, … are not as accountable… to the public that they serve Police officers do what they do in a public space. Judges are in a courtroom... Prosecutors make their charging decisions and plea bargain decisions behind closed doors…. There is no transparency … There is a lot of unconscious and implicit bias.

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

Whatever final judgment awaits 'Bush v. Gore' in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair.

Every judge is hereby admonished that if a demand is made upon him by any one, he shall give the reasons, in their proper order, for the decision he has made

As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear.