How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
It is especially imperative for Congress to exercise careful judgment in this area, because of the difficulty under existing laws, in obtaining… — John Shattuck Copy Share Image
Our government does not exist to decide the rights, nor to grant them. Our government exists to protect them. And that is… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
In 2017, Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff who was ordered by a federal court to stop racially profiling and was… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
My ascension as interim president is based on Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution, according to which, if at the outset of… — Juan Guaido Copy Share Image
None but a people advanced to a high state of moral and intellectual excellence are capable in a civilized condition of forming… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Are we reading the Constitution and pondering it? Are we aware of its principles? Are we abiding by these principles and teaching… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
That's beautiful: the hurrah game! well — it's our game: that's the chief fact in connection with it: America's game: has the… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
Reading their letters and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, I infer that this nation's founders noted that religions have been… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“It has often been suggested to me that the Constitution of the United States is a sufficient safeguard for the freedom of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I feel that the justices that I am going to appoint - and I've named 20 of them - the justices that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“The Court’s controversial decisions spurred a generation-long anticrime backlash that countered its decisions with policies that gave police more power, more discretion,… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
There is a struggle going on in the country over who we are as a people. Over the rule of law, over… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The Wisconsin senator gets up and says out loud what half of the country is thinking and talks about every day. This… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
A judge said that all his experience, both as counsel and judge, had been spent sorting out the difficulties of people who,… — Gilbert Harding Copy Share Image
“But let us be sure of something. We are not sheep. This government is ours, and it is meant to serve our… — Gary Hansen Copy Share Image
I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks,… — Don Young Copy Share Image
It will be admitted on all hands, that with the exception of the powers surrendered by the Constitution of the United States,… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into,… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
If I look back, the one thing that I am proud of is that for once I as a political leader, kept… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel has not said anything, and in fact, cannot say anything. But I would even broaden it out to, you… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
We came to say, the Quran is our constitution, we are committed to God and his holy book. God willing, should they… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
True rights, such as those in our Constitution, or those considered to be natural or human rights, exist simultaneously among people. That… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. A table, a chair,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In America, we have a two-party system, and the American Constitution is a piece of brilliance, but they did not know when… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for someone who's… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States,… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the court is heading to a doctrine of 'separation of campaign and state.' This doctrine, like separation of church and state… — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
Justice O'Connor was the fifth vote to uphold the time-honored principle, which bears repeating, of separation of church and state. There was… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
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