the most prominent and intellectually powerful advocate of judicial restraint.

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.

Roberts is much more inclined toward a posture of judicial restraint than she [O'Connor] was--judicial restraint being not having courts being the first place people look to solve social problems. They should look to the legislatures.

The chief justice for 33 years has been the personification of the value of judicial restraint, and that is something that the president is equally committed to. I'm certain the president will abide by those beliefs as he looks for a nominee to replace him.

Judicial restraint is a buzzword just like activist judge. Everybody's in favor of judicial restraint, but what does it mean? If it means not acting as a check against majoritarian excesses or upholding constitutional rights against improper government action, then restraint is not something admirable.

If judicial review means anything, it is that judicial restraint does not allow everything.