The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
I believe…this is my final word…I believe that I'm supporting the Constitution of the United States which does not give the right… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming… — Rod Parsley Copy Share Image
I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government. — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We're supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
Scorecards are common in the political process, but they are inappropriate in the judicial process. The most important tools in the judicial… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
May the Lord be with us at all times, under all circumstances; may he bring into our lives a burning desire to… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
“During elections for the 1776 convention to frame a constitution for Pennsylvania, a Privates Committee urged voters to oppose “great and overgrown… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
If you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the borders of Iraq and the borders of the region, this is a… — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We got touring with the Stones, and people were trying to keep up with Keith. He's like a human machine with a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[ Massachusetts constitution] was [John Adams] attempt to justify that structure by the traditional notion of social estates - that the executive… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the… — Adam Kokesh Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, in the US we all believe that we have a right to go to school. We have a… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
The most successful revolutions aren't those that are celebrated with parades and banners, drums and trumpets, cannons and fireworks. The really successful… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Where have we come as a country, when loving the Constitution, being a patriot, loving Jesus is extremist? Let me tell you… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
I understand the politics of the situation, I think that many Republican members of the senate believe that,get out the vote move.… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“The United States Constitution turned 225 years old in 2012. It is the central document of American history and politics. From all… — Garrett Epps Copy Share Image
The appointment of the next Supreme Court justice must be made in the people's interest and in the nation's interest, not in… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Nadine Gordimer came over just before she died. She didn't want to talk about books or the arts, but about the abuse… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Blacks have no rights - in fact they were three - fifths human according to the constitution to give slave owners more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
We say South Africa is an open country, and when people come here, we must deal with them with dignity and respect… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian. — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
...[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation. — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“The framers were realists; they recognized that the best constitution in the world could be distorted and destroyed by men determined to… — John Eidsmoe Copy Share Image
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