The issue presented is whether the Federal Constitution confers a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy, and hence invalidates the… — Byron White Copy Share Image
The Constitution contains no 'dignity' Clause, and even if it did, the government would be incapable of bestowing dignity. ... Slaves did… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
If some period be not fixed, either by the Constitution or by practice, to the services of the First Magistrate, his office,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States. — William G. Boykin Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they… — Michele Landis Dauber Copy Share Image
Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this… — Roger Brooke Taney Copy Share Image
I consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Reading is the subtle and thorough sharing of the ideas and feelings by underhanded means. It is a gross invasion of Privacy… — Walter Tevis Copy Share Image
We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land - nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Constitution's Emoluments Clause bars the president from earning any compensation from a foreign government. Mr. Trump ought to consider a partial… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
If you are going to stand for the rule of law, if you are going to raise your hand and support the… — Darryl Glenn Copy Share Image
During my time as a judge, as a justice, and as attorney general, I've had one overarching goal, and that is a… — Greg Abbott Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is important not only to guarantee the rights of alternative religions and of nonreligious persons in society; it is… — Langdon Brown Gilkey Copy Share Image
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist court and its efforts to restrict congressional authority to enact legislation… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
President Obama seems to understand the Constitution as a 'set of suggestions.' — David Mamet Copy Share Image
