The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution. — Matt Lauer Copy Share Image
In the past, there were groups which felt that the High Court didn't represent them. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. — Erwin Griswold Copy Share Image
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The… — Richard Allen Epstein Copy Share Image
If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The Constitution states that Congress alone has the authority to decide if we go to war. Unfortunately, from Syria to Somalia to… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
I pray for what I have always prayed for: the restoration of our constitution and absolute freedom for the people of Cuba.… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We strongly feel that our Constitution must be safeguarded. There should not be any dilution on the core values and principles that… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Inspired men have been raised up, who have given us our form of government, and the code of laws by which we… — Anthony W. Ivins Copy Share Image
There is, between the sexes, a law of incessant reciprocal action, of which God avails himself in the constitution of the family,… — Caroline Wells Healey Dall Copy Share Image
Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders… — John Adams Copy Share Image
As women are taking an active part in pressing on the consideration of Congress many narrow sectarian measures, such as more rigid… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
"The Constitution" has something called The Emoluments Clause. That's just a fancy, 18th century word for no foreign government payments. And Donald… — Norman L. Eisen Copy Share Image
It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man — John Adams Copy Share Image
Deep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life. — Herbert M. Shelton Copy Share Image
People's lives and livelihoods are often in their hands, and it is critical that judges have integrity, honesty, compassion, and impartiality. — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
[G]et two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
The first thing [Donald Trump] does on January 20th is take an oath to defend and adhere to the Constitution of the… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One cannot tell the High Court what to adjudicate. They must judge, and then the legislature must act accordingly. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
The Convention thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A judge may never subvert the law or twist it in any way to match the judge's convictions. — Amy Coney Barrett Copy Share Image
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“No authority under the Constitution is supreme: the Constitution is supreme and all the authorities function under the supreme law of the… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution's Bill of Rights. — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we are competing in elections, it's because we believe in the popular vote and will be slaves to our constitution. — Jair Bolsonaro Copy Share Image