The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has also issued and never reversed a number of decisions that are repugnant to the Constitution's vision of human… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
It's no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Without any direction from Congress, our judicial branch has unilaterally created and defined qualified immunity. — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
“As one judge said to another judge: be just. And if you can’t be just, be arbitrary” — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.” — Chris Edelson Copy Share Image
We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discernonly… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If my church attempted to influence me in a way which was improper or which affected adversely my responsibilities as a public… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
In civil or criminal litigation in a jury case, the only way for a defendant to avoid a trial is for a… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
I do believe that it was through divine providence that the Founding Fathers drafted a document that created a government that didn't… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
If children do not understand the Constitution, they cannot understand how our government functions, or what their rights and responsibilities are as… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
When John Adams - when - James Madison was writing - pretty much writing the Constitution, he got a letter from Thomas… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“Our patriotic forefathers believed we could not be trusted to conduct this government as their interests required that it should be conducted,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Trump has the opportunity to be a Founding Father. You know why? Because Jeff Sessions comes from Alabama, where the constitution is… — Don King Copy Share Image
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
We shall some day be heeded, and when we shall have our amendment to the Constitution of the United States, everybody will… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
the twelve or fifteen millions in the British Empire, who, while they possess no electoral rights, are yet persuaded they are freemen,… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
By natural means, as the Lord always operates for the accomplishment of his purposes, means so simple that the thoughtless and unbelieving… — Anthony W. Ivins Copy Share Image
The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We've made progress in our country, and it's been the Constitution that permitted that to happen. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius.” — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The tea party venerates the Constitution while despising the political system it has produced. — Gideon Rachman Copy Share Image
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
Our Supreme Court has been very clear that the government can't just simply say something and make it so. — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum. — George Clymer Copy Share Image
One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy, — Mary Cheney Copy Share Image
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