Judges make tough decisions on child abuse, divorce, property disputes, drunk driving, domestic violence and other issues that should be free from… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
Some men by unalterable frame of their constitution are stout, others timorous, some confident, others modest and tractable. — Jonathan Weiner Copy Share Image
Musharraf has just gone against the constitution and displayed contempt of court and has shown that he has no respect for the… — Shehbaz Sharif Copy Share Image
We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us. — Lyman Beecher Copy Share Image
The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution. — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
The fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius. — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Their lies may fool the judges and jurors of the world, but it doesn't fool the almighty judge up above. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Trump's narcissism deadens any ability he might otherwise have had to carry out the duties of a president in the manner the… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
All systems in Pakistan appear to be in a haste to achieve something, which can have both positive and negative implications. Let… — Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Copy Share Image
There's still plenty of people who have this deep conviction that America is a Christian country and ought to say so in… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is a Constitution that morphs while you look at it like Plasticman… That is contrary to our whole tradition, to in… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Brethren, do something; do something, do something! While societies and unions make constitutions, let us win souls. I pray you, be men… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
[A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
There are some who apparently feel that the fight for freedom is separate from the Gospel. They express it in several ways,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“in a constitutionally ordered state, where laws are derived from broad principles of right and wrong and where those principles are enshrined… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“Judges don’t get to choose their cases. When a case goes to court, the judge assigned to it did not commit the… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to… — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Presidential powers are not exercised by a body or group. The Constitution vests 'all executive power' in one and only one person… — William Barr Copy Share Image
It's going to mean four or five justices, super liberal, placed on the Supreme Court. Our country will never, ever be the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary,… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
The Sixth Amendment secures to persons charged with crime the right to be tried by an impartial jury reflecting a fair cross-section… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“No one knows the powers that are latent in his constitution. Called forth by imminent dangers, our efforts frequently exceed our most… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The Wright Amendment is a pain in the ass, but not every pain in the ass is a constitutional infringement. — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image