The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That's not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“The judge does not make the law. It is the people that make the law. It is the duty of a judge… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it… — Whitfield Diffie Copy Share Image
My battles have been against federal actions that exceed the powers our Founders granted to the federal government in the constitution. — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
Threats to the rule of law come not only from rioters and looters in the streets, but also from activist judges on… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
“the Constitution of a country is never completed in one go. Its development is a continuous process. Sidney” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war. — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land - nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
When the president, Donald Trump, is a litigant I think it's wise for him not to comment on the judges. It's not… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and… — Cokie Roberts Copy Share Image
But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past.… — Sherwin Wine Copy Share Image
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“And foe-of-convenience, the United States, barely the hope of the world, guilty of torture, helpless before its sacred text conceived in an… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so… — John Adams Copy Share Image
At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment],… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
It’s not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world’s policemen. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The right to keep and bear arms is a God-given right protected by the Constitution. — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
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