Congress Quote by Chuck Todd

The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests,…

— Rashida Tlaib

Only Congress can amend the law, not President Obama nor the courts.

— Tom Fitton

“If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might…

— Gary Hansen

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

— Charles Krauthammer

No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.

— Trey Gowdy

More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms…

— Antonin Scalia

The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

— Ted Cruz

The Constitution's Emoluments Clause bars the president from earning any compensation from a foreign government. Mr. Trump ought to consider a partial disinvestment from…

— Tom Fitton

There is a higher law than the Constitution.

— William H. Seward

Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to…

— Chuck Todd

You might think otherwise, but it doesn't naturally follow that because a law has been passed by Congress and signed by the president, said…

— Matt Taibbi

The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful…

— Joseph Smith, Jr