Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constitution, special status… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
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There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
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[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Stripped of all its covering, the naked question is, whether ours is a federal or consolidated government; a constitutional or absolute one;… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
We electors have an important constitutional power placed in our hands: we have a check upon two branches of the legislature, as… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We do Him [God] honor in our pledge of allegiance, in all our public ceremonies. There's nothing wrong with that. It is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
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We have investigative staff who are charged by law and this committee under the Constitution of the United States has a responsibility,… — John Mica Copy Share Image
Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, 'It wasn't a… — Laurence Silberman Copy Share Image
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Crime associated with our border is a serious threat to the general welfare of real citizens, and after all, isn't it the… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
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Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Stare decisis, which is the principle that the Supreme Court uses at the outset - the sort of background rule of judicial… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
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The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God, Whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. A legislature must… — George Mason Copy Share Image
This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. Liberals want justices to vote a certain way. We, conservatives, want a particular legal… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Establish that a Government may decline a provision for its debts, though able to make it, and you overthrow all public morality,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
In appointing someone to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court, it is imperative to appoint someone with impeccable legal credentials and with… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
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