Constitution Quote by Felix Frankfurter

Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the…

— Joseph Story

“The constitution had nothing to do with it. It was, after all, a matter of national security.”

— Stieg Larsson

Marriage is not defined in the federal Constitution at all; it's a matter for the states. And applying the Fourteenth Amendment to the equality…

— Mike Huckabee

The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child and leaving…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What becomes decisive to a Justice's functioning on the Court in the large area within which his individuality moves is his general attitude toward…

— Felix Frankfurter

There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee…

— Nawal El Saadawi

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have…

— Rose Bird

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was…

— John Bates Clark

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some…

— Paul Gillmor

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…

— Henry David Thoreau