Due Process Quotes

43 quotes by 39 authors

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
We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're trying to make sure that… — Janet Reno
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
Out here, due process is a bullet. — John Wayne
The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process.… — Burke Marshall
We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and… — Henry Franklin Floyd
The Supreme Court has said that: Marriage is the most important relation in life. Now that's being withheld from the plaintiffs. It is the foundation… — Ted Olson
The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process… — Byron White
I am co-counsel and as co-counsel I have the right to represent myself, speak for myself and conduct myself and my trial by myself in… — Lynette Fromme
Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with… — Margaret Thatcher
Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech,… — Frank Zappa
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which… — Joe Biden
Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. — Eric Holder
Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and… — Howard Berman
Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law. — Andy Griffith
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,… — George Mason
The civil forfeiture law - if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law - is an incentive for perverse behavior: Predatory… — George Will
Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law. — Bill Vaughan
When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and… — Rand Paul
Make no mistake. This is a war on rural America. ... It is chilling to watch people who joined the military to defend American citizens… — Matt Shea

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