I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now whatever you think of the liberal agenda on its merits, until very recently nobody thought the Constitution meant what liberals now… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the… — Heinz Fischer Copy Share Image
Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Our constitution enshrines the rule of law, freedom of worship and expression, we cherish these values too. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Vermont Supreme Court serves a vital role in protecting our state's Constitution, upholding our laws, ensuring fairness in our systems and… — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
The property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“The political history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America shows that our Constitution emerged from the efforts of a whole people to resolve… — Noel B. Reynolds Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is about the Constitution. It is about constitutionality. It is about the law. At its bear simplest, it's about… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in… — Fouad Ajami Copy Share Image
The first right of every human being is the right of self-defense. Without that right, all other rights are meaningless. The right… — Larry Craig Copy Share Image
Man has made 32 million laws since THE COMMANDMENTS were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai more than three thousand years… — Cecil B. DeMille Copy Share Image
It does violence to the English language to assert that a president who has violated a duty entrusted to him by the… — Charles T. Canady Copy Share Image
In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail… — John Amery Copy Share Image
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The people are sovereign and the Constitution is supreme. There is no one greater than the people. — Franco Debono Copy Share Image
“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions. — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We have dozens and dozens and dozens of judicial nominees up there waiting and we have a court system that's crying out… — Joe Lockhart Copy Share Image
The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance. — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
“our Constitution can be understood by any American with average intelligence and minimal education.” — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
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