The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments. — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
If men like [Ken] Starr and his allies could ignore the Constitution and abuse power for ideological and malicious ends to topple… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial… — Alfred Wegener Copy Share Image
The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a… — Laurent Fabius Copy Share Image
Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“COUNSEL The California Constitution requires that we use English, and to the extent that we don’t use proper English, it’s a violation… — Charles M. Sevilla Copy Share Image
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection,… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
“The protection of our Constitution, and, moreover, of written law itself, has been laughed to scorn by traitors in black dresses who… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Marriage is not defined in the federal Constitution at all; it's a matter for the states. And applying the Fourteenth Amendment to… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God… — James Otis Copy Share Image
Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than… — Butch Otter Copy Share Image
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I have talked to Barack Obama about Star Wars recently, in the Oval Office, and he is definitely a fan. Article 2,… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“The greatest threat to our Constitution is our own ignorance of it.” — Jacob F. Roecker Copy Share Image
Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Judges in Texas swing the gavel with one hand and take money with the other. — Craig McDonald Copy Share Image
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