With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
A constitution, therefore, is to a government what the laws made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature. The… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Obama's respect for the Constitution does not apply to protections against unreasonable search and seizure, as Obama's deeply intrusive National Security Agency… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
Cutting corners no doubt makes the job easier for the government, but making the government's job easier is rarely a priority. Preserving… — Wesley Pruden Copy Share Image
Allowing a non-lawyer to be on the Supreme Court strikes me as a very American thing, in a good way. Another is… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We need to reform the constitution in Chile. The current one was written and passed in 1980 during the dictatorship. Some changes… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I do not know how Vladimir Putin will be esteemed by the future history, but I have no doubt that among his… — Vladimir Posner Copy Share Image
Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Southern Republicans are guided by the Bible. Western Republicans read the Constitution. Seen in historical terms, it's the difference between a movement… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Nearly one year on from his election, Donald Trump disregards the constitution, offends allies, and attacks minorities, the powerless, and those who… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
One of the more difficult things about being a judge is as you're listening to the evidence, you have to be formulating… — Steven Pacey Copy Share Image
In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Over the years, the judiciary has expanded its own powers by creative interpretations of the Constitution, particularly Article 21 which guarantees the… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.” James Madison, fourth President of the… — Max Allan Collins Copy Share Image
The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
At my years, and with my disposition, or rather, constitution, one gets to care less and less for everything except downright goodfeeling.… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
If there's anything you absolutely hate, why, it must be unconstitutional. Or, if there's anything you absolutely have to have, it must… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I read hard, or not at all; never skimming, never turning aside to merely inciting books; and Plato, Aristotle, Butler, Thucydides, Sterne,… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Judges are either partial to the Constitution or they aren't; they either believe that the document is perfect in its form and… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
“To achieve these Jeffersonian ends, Alexander Hamilton—Jefferson’s philosophical rival—devised an ingenious strategy that entailed a strong manufacturing base, a national banking system,… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There's the phrase of 'making America great again,' but how did we make America great? Who did it? It was Thurgood Marshall… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
The only procedure under the Constitution to deal with judicial misconduct is impeachment, which needs to be initiated by at least 100… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
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