Legislative Power Quotes

10 quotes by 9 authors

Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be exercised… — James Madison
I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].… — James Madison
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or… — Thomas Paine
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix — Baron de Montesquieu
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial… — Ambrose Bierce
The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the… — Ruhollah Khomeini
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon
Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power. — Millard Fillmore
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the… — Laurence Tribe
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the… — John Locke

Who Wrote These Legislative Power Quotes

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