We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. — John Engler Copy Share Image
I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch. — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
The do-not-call registry is still being challenged in court. Yet, the conclusions of the American people, the legislative branch, and the executive… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
“It was one thing for the country and much of the executive branch of government not to feel involved in the war,… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
I think there's even a chance that [R&D and innovation budgets] might be increased [during Donald Trump Administration] and we should go… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters. — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent… — Sandra Day O'Connor 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
When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Despite the Obama administration's proclaimed commitment to global Internet freedom, the executive branch is not transparent about the types and capabilities of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to… — George Packer Copy Share Image
When the American people look at the political process play out, they hear all the spinning and all the doctrinaire language, and… — David Gregory Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What about the role of the CIA in a democratic society? Is that an oxymoron? You could imagine a democratic society with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Global warming is socialism by the back door. The whole point of global warming is that it's a rationalization for progressives to… — George F. Will Copy Share Image
“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
“Humphrey was to say, and now he was planning to continue doing so, to use the chairmanship, in Humphrey’s words, “to hang… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“As a federal district court in Texas recently ruled, federal law “mandates the initiation of immigration removal proceedings whenever an immigration officer… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
“...the Constitution is an invitation for the president and Congress to struggle for the privilege of directing foreign policy. Although the president… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have… — Garrett Epps Copy Share Image
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA… — Colleen McMahon Copy Share Image
“Early on, before getting down to attacking each other, Bannon and Kushner were united in their separate offensives against Priebus. Kushner’s preferred… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“Each of these interlocutors provided Kushner with something of a tutorial on the limitations of presidential power—that Washington was as much designed… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Quite often there's a great deal of disagreement within the executive branch about what we should do. Some cases are pretty straightforward,… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism. — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
Leaking classified information is a crime. And if we have evidence that somebody in the executive branch is committing a crime, we… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
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