There is a profound difference between an activist judge and an engaged judge. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
An appeal is when you ask one court to show it's contempt for another court. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel? — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not just a system, it is an idea that we all have value.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
The rule of law and the independence of the judiciary underpin our democracy and lie at the heart of our way of… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
If you look at the origins of the postal service in the U.S., the founding fathers created it to protect democratic rights. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I will put the Republican establishment on my shoulders and drag them kicking and screaming back to the Constitution. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
As Governor, I will always uphold our state's Constitution and protect a woman's right to make decisions over her own body and… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. It is not a thing, in its… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you want a more democratic EU, communication has to be among its core tasks. There should be a legal foundation for… — Margot Wallstrom Copy Share Image
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make laws. And… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the… — John Garamendi Copy Share Image
My hypothesis is not so much that the court is the natural expression of popular justice, but rather that its historical function… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set… — James W. Sire Copy Share Image
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is about the Constitution. It is about constitutionality. It is about the law. At its bear simplest, it's about… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper! — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should... — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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