If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, 'It wasn't a… — Laurence Silberman Copy Share Image
There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have investigative staff who are charged by law and this committee under the Constitution of the United States has a responsibility,… — John Mica Copy Share Image
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates scapegoats in Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
While President Barack Obama has, in one sense, tipped his hand by saying that he wants judges with "empathy" for certain groups,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In the job of a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things… — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
You live in a society that is shaped in every possible way by the Bible. The language you use, the laws you… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or… — John Adams Copy Share Image
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
Here is what Hillary Clinton said. Crooked Hillary said, "You know, when we talk about the Supreme Court" - fake smile -… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We do Him [God] honor in our pledge of allegiance, in all our public ceremonies. There's nothing wrong with that. It is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Stare decisis, which is the principle that the Supreme Court uses at the outset - the sort of background rule of judicial… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God, Whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. A legislature must… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
The idea of dual sovereignty rests on the premise that the power of the states to prosecute crimes existed before the creation… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Crime associated with our border is a serious threat to the general welfare of real citizens, and after all, isn't it the… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths compromising, having to write the entire… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Abortion raises moral and spiritual questions over which honorable persons can disagree sincerely and profoundly. But those disagreements did not then and… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Altering the Constitution has become the daily business of the Federal Government which the document is supposed to guide and limit. Both… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is good to be back in the Peoples House. But this cannot be a real homecoming. Under the Constitution, I now… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
You want a judge who makes objective decisions, and that's why temperament is such an important component of being a judge. You… — Steven Pacey Copy Share Image
“In framing a system which we wish to last for ages, we shd. not lose sight of the changes which ages will… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constitution, special status… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
At present the globe goes with a shattered constitution in its orbit… No doubt the simple powers of nature, properly directed by… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“It is ... particularly true of constitutional government that its atmosphere is opinion … It does not remain fixed in any unchanging… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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