Clause Quotes

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Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause. — William J. Brennan
The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By… — Andrew Napolitano
Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who… — Jon Bon Jovi
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority...… — Frank I. Cobb
Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand… — Frederick Douglass
With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of… — Antonin Scalia
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing… — L. Neil Smith
For the past two centuries, those who do not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our Constitution until today we face… — Ezra Taft Benson
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people. — William Rawle
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a power to disarm… — William Rawle
The old lady told me that all the girls in the village of Annezin prayed every night for the War to end, and for the… — Robert Graves
To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and… — James Madison
[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress; But it is… — Joseph Story
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep… — Charisma Carpenter
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members — Elliott Smith
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and… — James Madison
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to… — Bill Maher
Charles Williams has said of the Lord's Prayer, "No word in English carries a greater possibility of terror than the little word 'as' in that… — Philip Yancey

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