Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should... — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper! — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not just a system, it is an idea that we all have value.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
In the past, there were groups which felt that the High Court didn't represent them. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution. — Matt Lauer Copy Share Image
How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
If we are competing in elections, it's because we believe in the popular vote and will be slaves to our constitution. — Jair Bolsonaro Copy Share Image
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The right response when, in the army, you are given an unlawful order, is to refuse that order. The right response of… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action… — Erwin Chemerinsky Copy Share Image
I have litigated in my private life, and I will say there are many reasons why a judge could be recused from… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
“He was a judge which meant he was a man of the law. However, Kevin, Benjamin, Frankie, and Pastor Caine would need… — Genevieve D. Woods Copy Share Image
“Let [the Constitution] be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges, let it be written in primers, in spelling books and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who have not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Eighteen months ago, when first I stood before you I called attention, as earnestly and seriously as I knew how, to what… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
I think our society is fragmented. Messages regarding human sexuality have always been mixed in America. We are a schizophrenic nation. We… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
People already think the court is there to become the final word on controversial political questions. So everybody looks to the Supreme… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
It is important to strengthen the State governments; and as this cannot be done by any change in the Federal Constitution (for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
For states' rights advocates, the Constitution is like a contract that is openly violated by one party with impunity. On paper, the… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel? — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
An appeal is when you ask one court to show it's contempt for another court. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
The American challenge in leading the world is compounded by our Constitution, — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
There is a profound difference between an activist judge and an engaged judge. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights never gets off the page and into the lives of most Americans. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
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