David A. Kaplan > Quotes

“When the votes of justices in controversial cases can be predicted at the outset, constitutional law simply becomes partisan politics by another name.”
― David A. Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution

“Ends matter, but so do means. It is a distinction long lost on the public—understandably so, given how accustomed it has become to Court intervention. But the justices themselves know better. They know their institution’s history. They know that triumphalism hasn’t always been the way. They just choose to step in anyway. They do because they can. It is what has made the Supreme Court the most dangerous branch.”
― David A. Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump

“Freedom resides first in the people without need of a grant from government.”
― David A. Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump

“The wisecrack around the building was that Gorsuch had succeeded in unifying the Court: Just about everybody other than Thomas couldn’t stand him most of the time.”
― David A. Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump