The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause? — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This shift from the Judeo-Christian basis for law and the shift away from the restraints of the Constitution automatically militates against religious… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
In the absence of a written constitution, we still rely far too heavily in the U.K. on unwritten and unenforceable 'constitutional conventions.' — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The Constitution doesn’t give us rights: it restrains government from infringing on rights we acquire at birth by virtue of being human… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard.… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty,… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
“The people’s right to alter or abolish their form of government was, to the American revolutionaries, supposedly absolute. Yet, strangely, neither the… — Garrett Epps Copy Share Image
[T]he guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
This is America. We're proud. We're not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
Class warfare always sounds good. Taking action against the rich and the powerful and making 'em pay for what they do, it… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
What joins the Americans one to another is not a common ancestry, language or race, but a shared work of the imagination… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This is an important, but difficult, concept for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
In order to keep the judiciary independent of the executive, the constitution provided impeachment as the only method for disciplining errant judges. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
A judge is supposed to be able to make a decision, and when you make a decision, very often one party -… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adopted. — Charles T. Canady Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution only gives the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution. — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
There hasn't been anybody else write a Constitution like Madison. There just hasn't been, because that person hasn't existed anywhere but here. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As a country we have more of a political constitution than a legal one, and as such it operates via conventions and… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
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