We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government as a barrier against foreign foes... is [one of the]… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce, and the ENCRYPT Act sends a clear message that the complicated… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
If we avail ourselves to serve in terms of the Constitution, we should be prepared if, indeed, those we serve deem it… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
The strength of the British constitution is supposedly its ability, because it is unwritten in key respects like the incapacity of the… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
[A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Mr. Wilson, writing long before he became President, also knew how it came about that this Constitution, which the rich men of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The possibility of a question of this nature, proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our National Government deeper than in… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Obama's immigration legacy will be the juxtaposition of his serial insistence that he was not a king or an emperor, and could… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It is quite a startling proposition, and a very novel one, I think, that there shall be absolutely no opportunity for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation,… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to… — Byron White Copy Share Image
The Scalia seat is defense. We're not going to get any better than Justice Scalia. The best we can do is preserve… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
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Vernon Bogdanor's account The Monarchy and the Constitution is written as much in the shadow of Edmund Burke as it is of… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real,… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The fact is that knowledge about the Constitution and the Court is not something that is handed down through the gene pool;… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I think even though the court is moving toward trying to translate the Constitution into a digital age, there was that wonderful… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
…I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
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