“Constitutional Law is merely politics made incomprehensible to the common man.” — Lawrence Goldstone Copy Share Image
Stability in law - particularly constitutional law - is critically important; the Supreme Court would do well to remember that. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
The highest laws of the land (America) are not only the constitution and constitutional laws, but also contracts. — Hannah Copy Share Image
Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress? — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. — Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
In law, one's sense of calling or vocation will lead one to be interested in certain dimensions of Constitutional law. — Ken Starr Copy Share Image
A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
This Court is forever adding new stories to the temples of constitutional law, and the temples have a way of collapsing when… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable… — Byron White Copy Share Image
If nothing else came out of all of this debacle over Obamacare, one thing that should is a class-action lawsuit against the… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“If the good is not dependent on the bad and can be separated from it, one gives effect to the good that… — Johann Kriegler Copy Share Image
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. — Erwin Griswold Copy Share Image
There's a lot of the Midwest and the West in Justice Rehnquist's approach to constitutional law. And by that I mean a… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court of the United States of America will never under any circumstances allow anyone to be stripped of their citizenship… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, the managerial ethos of parliamentary reformism is in direct tension with important values associated with the dialogue that attends our system… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves as property in states where slavery exists. This, then, is not a question of… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Obama wouldn't have been voted president if he weren't black. Somebody asked me over the weekend why does somebody earn a lot… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an… — Albie Sachs Copy Share Image
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Empathy - that is, caring about people and acting responsibly on that care, not just for yourself, but for others - this… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“The fundamental idea is that through the separation of powers and checks and balances, different voices—those of the President, the Senate, and… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
“The difference between the past and the present is that individual freedom and security no longer fall to be protected solely through… — Pius Langa Copy Share Image
“In turning now to the principle of dialogue underlying the Constitution's structure, it is important first to note a basic distinction. The… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,. to obey his will, to be grateful for… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
We're talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe it isn't a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
Western civilization has been at war with tribalism for 3,000 years. And that war was brought to the New World by the… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
“If Mamaw's second God was the United States of America, then many people in my community were losing something akin to a… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Indeed, they embraced a tradition that was notorious for its incompatibility with American law and liberty. The connection between absolute and administrative… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
“This breadth of constitutional law in barring extralegal legislation is revealing about more than the past. The reader will have to wait… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
“The other component was to build cadres through political education. Republicans sought out wealthy donors to set up foundations and think tanks… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“I’m the kind of patriot whom people on the Acela corridor laugh at. I choke up when I hear Lee Greenwood’s cheesy… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is convenient for government officials… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
“In the criminal law [...] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration.” — Pius Langa Copy Share Image
I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image