As Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute says, what these…

“The next morning, readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal opened their papers to see a full-page ad paid for…

— Jane Mayer

“Another black employee who has worked for the Justice Department for decades said to me that “there is no justice left in Justice under…

— John Fund

In America, we divide federal power between the legislative, executive and judicial branches so that no one holds too much power. This is sixth-grade…

— Ben Sasse

If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government the…

— Ilana Mercer

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we…

— Everett Dirksen

I was disappointed in how [Bill] Clinton, like [Jimmy] Carter, used the founders to argue for huge expansions in federal power, clearly beyond what…

— Paul Kengor

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits…

— Mike Lee

“The 1965 Voting Rights Act greatly extended federal power in the United States. A frankly regional measure, it took aim at Deep South states…

— James T. Patterson

Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its advocates, has…

— Joseph Sobran

The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more…

— Barbara Ann Radnofsky

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it…[I]f followed to its logical…

— Clarence Thomas

Having served as both attorney general and deputy attorney general in the Justice Department, I had responsibility for supervising the FBI, working on virtually…

— William Barr

This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability…

— Eric Holder

I used to walk down the Justice Department on the fifth floor and see all those portraits of legendary attorneys general, Griffin Bell and…

— Neal Katyal

On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance…

— Barton Gellman