Sandra Day O'Connor citations

Sandra Day O'Connor, née le 26 mars 1930 à El Paso, est une avocate, femme politique, procureure et juge américaine membre du Parti républicain. Elle siège à la Cour suprême des États-Unis de 1981 à 2006. Wikipedia  

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Citations en anglais

“Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?”

McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, 545 U.S. 844 (2005) (concurring).
Contexte: Reasonable minds can disagree about how to apply the Religion Clauses in a given case. But the goal of the Clauses is clear: to carry out the Founders’ plan of preserving religious liberty to the fullest extent possible in a pluralistic society. By enforcing the Clauses, we have kept religion a matter for the individual conscience, not for the prosecutor or bureaucrat. At a time when we see around the world the violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government, Americans may count themselves fortunate: Our regard for constitutional boundaries has protected us from similar travails, while allowing private religious exercise to flourish. [... ] Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?

“It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.”

Upholding the constitutionality of a "moment of silent prayer" in schools in Wallce v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985) (concurring).

“It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs. But we do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.”

Striking down Ten Commandments displays in two county courthouses in Kentucky in McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, 545 U.S. 844 (2005) (concurring)

“The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.”

Testimony at her confirmation hearing, reported in the New York Times (February 23, 1984).

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