The free exercise clause of the constitution does not…

The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in matters of…

— Harry A. Blackmun

The Free Exercise Clause protects the individual from any coercive measure that encourages him toward one faith or creed, discourages him from another, or…

— William O. Douglas

The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a power to…

— William Rawle

For the past two centuries, those who do not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our Constitution until today we…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to…

— Chuck Todd

No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people.

— William Rawle

Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of…

— Reince Priebus

What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise…

— James Madison

The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason, you would…

— Aleister Crowley

Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us, not one…

— John Chadwick

Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.

— Karen DeCrow

The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests,…

— Rashida Tlaib

The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility…

— Warren E. Burger

The Constitution does not demand that you or I buy anything.

— Mike Conaway

Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress the power…

— Mike DeWine