Unelected Quotes

There is a real question of whether nine unelected federal judges know exactly what's best for Vermont politics, and maybe local politicians have a better sense of what's best for local politics. This is a tension between expressive rights on one hand, and the ability of local citizens to control the election rules in their own states and communities. - Spencer Overton

The NLDC's actions are breathtaking in their arrogance and defiance of the wishes of Governor Rell and Connecticut's legislature... The NLDC is an unelected, unaccountable body that has been given the government's eminent domain power and is out of control. - Scott Bullock

The important question is not what your views are on any particular issue... You are not campaigning for elective office. The question that needs to be answered is how you view the role of unelected judges in a representative democracy. - Orrin Hatch

The French plan, which would somehow try to transfer sovereignty to an unelected group of people, just isn't workable. - Condoleezza Rice

I am questioning the proprietyindeed, the sanityof having a value-laden decision such as this made for the entire society ... by unelected judges. - Antonin Scalia

Conservative distaste for the growing influence of courts in society suggests the development of alternatives to litigation which are less dependent on the fiat of unelected judges... cheaper, quicker and more responsive than court litigation. - John Roberts

[Some interest groups and Senate Democrats] would like nothing more than for you to take a litmus test... I agree that this committee needs answers but only to proper questions. You are not campaigning for elective office. The question that needs to be answered is how you view the role of unelected judges in a representative democracy. - Orrin Hatch

[Ruling over everyone in the rich folks' enclave is the sinister Kaufman, amusingly played by Dennis Hopper: part CEO, part unelected president. He gets the best line in the film when a frowning apparatchik asks if there is any trouble.] In a world where the dead have returned to life, ... the word 'trouble' loses much of its meaning. - Dennis Hopper