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> [No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-gowdy/no-law-can-give-congress-a-backbone-if-it-refuses-to-stand-off-as-the/)

[Trey Gowdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-gowdy/)

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> [In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-acton/in-england-parliament-is-above-the-law-in-america-the-law-is-above/)

[Lord Acton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-acton/)

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> [I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-holder/i-am-not-a-proponent-of-the-death-penalty-but-i-will-enforce-the-law/)

[Eric Holder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-holder/)

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> [June 1st is a date that is looming in everybody's mind with the final enforcement of the UIGEA. I actually think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pappas/june-1st-is-a-date-that-is-looming-in-everybody-s-mind-with-the-final/)

[John Pappas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pappas/)

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> [The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That's not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-todd/the-emoluments-section-shares-with-the-constitution-that-s-not-a-law/)

[Chuck Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-todd/)

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> [A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-calhoun/a-difference-must-be-made-between-a-decision-against-the/)

[John C. Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-calhoun/)

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