The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
State constitutions typically provide that the state first has to service its debt, then make it pension payments, and then pay for… — Eugene Fama Copy Share Image
Democratic constitutions do allow some suspension of rights in states of emergency. Thus rights are not always trumps. But neither is necessity.… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
In 1688, Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse on London's seafront popular among underwriters, men in powdered wigs with mathematical minds and steely… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The world is littered with constitutions that have written guarantees of rights but that don't actually deliver rights. What differentiates the ones… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it. — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image