It is not the responsibility of the judiciary to amend poor legislative drafting, even if judges would personally prefer a different outcome than what is required by a statute's text. Amul Thapar More Quotes by Amul Thapar More Quotes From Amul Thapar Keeping politics out of the courtroom is a goal every state aspires to achieve. Amul Thapar out achieve politics goal You can't put a price on being proud of what you do. Amul Thapar price being you proud The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship. Amul Thapar solution speech political government I don't have the wherewithal to judge God's will. I don't have the wherewithal to determine whether your viewpoints are right or wrong. Amul Thapar your judge will god The Boston College community took a personal interest in my success, not only as a student but as a human being. Amul Thapar student community college success Everyone should think seriously about public service at some point. Amul Thapar everyone think service public-service Most Americans don't know how beautiful an area of the country Kentucky is. Amul Thapar how know beautiful country I am a proud Article III judge. We've been criticized from the beginning of this great country. What I will say about me and my colleagues is it doesn't matter to us. Amul Thapar i-am great me colleagues I'm my own judge, and I hope my track record speaks to that. Amul Thapar judge own my-own hope At some point, the law has to command respect, and there is a lawful way to change it. Amul Thapar respect change law way The average juror is not Mr. Spock. If he were, then a trial-court judge's job would be much easier. He could instruct the jury in broad strokes - instructing only as to the bare elements of the crime, perhaps - and be confident that the jury would deduce all of the finer-grained implications that must logically follow. Amul Thapar confident judge job crime A defendant can use discovery to run out the clock on the plaintiff and to make the plaintiff run out of money. Amul Thapar run clock money discovery I support an equal playing field for plaintiffs and defendants - and the way to get that equal playing field is not by having unlimited discovery. Amul Thapar equal support discovery way
