The beauty of our court system is that anybody can enter the court and sue. Uh, you have to be appointed to… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
The people who started the American government, the founders of the Constitution, didn't like political parties but they were forced to start… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The lack of judicial accountability exemplified by the lack of a system of selecting judges and of dealing with complaints against them,… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
With the EU taking in ten more countries and adopting a new Constitution, organisations need more than ever intelligent professional help in… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy 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
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 have no criticism of the basic concept of irrefutable authority. Properly employed, it is the easiest, the surest, and the proper… — Rex E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Article 73 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that, subject to the Constitution, the executive power of the union shall extend to matters… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
[T]he Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are parttime positions. Most decisions… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The most successful revolutions aren't those that are celebrated with parades and banners, drums and trumpets, cannons and fireworks. The really successful… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, in the US we all believe that we have a right to go to school. We have a… — Benjamin Jealous 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
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
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
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
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
That so much power over the U.S. nuclear arsenal is placed in the hands of one man - any man - bodes… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
“He said, ‘The government of the people, by the people, and for the people, has one duty above all others: it must… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
It will at least be a recommendation to the proposed constitution that it is provided with more checks and barriers against the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I do not believe in genetic causes; I am miles away from there. I believe rather that all people who embrace our… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Trump devotees don't care about shrinking the size and scope of government. They don't care about the Constitution. They're not Republicans, except… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
Our system of government works best when there are checks and balances led by independent entities that are empowered to conduct fair… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You have, at the same time, placed your confidence in me, and in my ability to render a free, fair judgment -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I am aware how difficult is the task to preserve free institutions over so wide a space and so immense a population,… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I will always support a vote. The constitution gives the president the right to appoint justices with the advice and consent of… — Ron Crumpton Copy Share Image
They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law… — Preston Brooks Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
Any kind of new U.K. federal system would almost certainly demand the creation of a written constitution. Properly drafted, such a document… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“The protection of our Constitution, and, moreover, of written law itself, has been laughed to scorn by traitors in black dresses who… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image