Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters. — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Quite often there's a great deal of disagreement within the executive branch about what we should do. Some cases are pretty straightforward,… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism. — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
Leaking classified information is a crime. And if we have evidence that somebody in the executive branch is committing a crime, we… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch. — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
The do-not-call registry is still being challenged in court. Yet, the conclusions of the American people, the legislative branch, and the executive… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to… — George Packer Copy Share Image
The advance planning and sense stimuli employed to capture a $10 million cigarette or soap market are nothing compared to the brainwashing… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When the American people look at the political process play out, they hear all the spinning and all the doctrinaire language, and… — David Gregory Copy Share Image
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Global warming is socialism by the back door. The whole point of global warming is that it's a rationalization for progressives to… — George F. Will Copy Share Image
“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
“Over a two-year period, the Obama administration delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act twenty-eight times, ostensibly to give employers time… — Brion T. McClanahan Copy Share Image
“The members of the committee were aware of the programmes concerned, having been briefed on them in classified sessions. The question was,… — Edward Lucas Copy Share Image
“I have the documents. Documents, proof, evidence, photograph, signature. One day you raise your right hand and you are American. They give… — Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Copy Share Image
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of… — Harrison Schmitt Copy Share Image
“However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA… — Colleen McMahon Copy Share Image
How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take. — Robert Zoellick 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
One of my chief criticisms of U.S. international policy is that Congress has largely abdicated its foreign policy-making responsibilities to the executive… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain… — Harriet Miers Copy Share Image
I've put forth measures that would actually eliminate some of the executive branch power. You know, philosophically, that's where I am. — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use… — John Engler Copy Share Image
To those in the executive branch who say ‘just trust us’ when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications,… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
“The year 2020 will mark the end of the U.S. presidency and the executive branch of the government. Let’s just say the… — Sylvia Browne Copy Share Image
Agencies and the executive branch need to enforce the law. They don't need to fill in the spaces if Congress doesn't act. — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
“Finally, the Framers stressed that the impeachment remedy was a vital congressional check on the executive branch as a whole, not just… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use… — John Engler Copy Share Image
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Despite the Obama administration's proclaimed commitment to global Internet freedom, the executive branch is not transparent about the types and capabilities of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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