When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Thanks to presidential immunity and executive control of the Justice Department, there are no consequences to executive branch lawbreaking. And when it… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
You don't just give the executive branch unlimited resources, unlimited power. Our founders were very concerned about too much power being invested… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
I'm seeing too much power being concentrated in the executive branch, and so our system of government is really in jeopardy, and… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court -… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
As a member of Congress, a member of the Armed Services Committee, and a U.S. Marine, I take my oversight of the… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for… — Dan Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
There's a whole process of how the U.S. enters into executive agreements, which involves a legal component, a legal analysis of the… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
In many cases, Obama's exercise of authoritarian power is criminal. His executive branch is responsible for violations of the Arms Export Control… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
As a member of Congress, a coequal branch of government designed by our founders to provide checks and balances on the executive… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
One of the most important checks Congress has on the executive branch is its ability to hold it accountable to the American… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
“The real power in Ottawa, as in Washington, is in the executive branch. At the White House, there are daily briefings for… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
To be at the apex of the executive branch and understand that there are lot of moving pieces and the importance of… — Elise Stefanik Copy Share Image
[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Vice President Joe Biden believes that illegal immigrants are citizens. Obama believes that some Americans who join Islamist groups are citizens, while… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say that all the cabinet appointments of the men and women, you know, obviously we might have some… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
The beauty of our court system is that anybody can enter the court and sue. Uh, you have to be appointed to… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Executive branch rules require sensitive classified information to be discussed in specialized facilities that are designed to guard against the possibility that… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
The U.S. needs legislation to protect the public's right to free speech and a free press, to protect it from the actions… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The late political scientist Aaron B. Wildavsky noted that “the power of the purse is the heart of legislative authority and thus… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
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![“[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/564/edward-snowden-555_amendments_i-watch-all-that-stuff-game-of-thrones-a_2916560.jpg)
