Abandoned Quote by H. L. Mencken

“A mood of constructive criticism being upon me, I propose forthwith that the method of choosing legislators now prevailing in the United States be…

— H.L. Mencken

[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering…

— Robert Bork

Under our [constitutional system] - either we're going to have to rethink our Constitution, or we're going to have to rethink our process of…

— Newt Gingrich

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be…

— James Madison

“I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions...but I know also that laws and constitutions must go…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a…

— Alexander Hamilton

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers.…

— Antonin Scalia

I've long favored smart judicial-selection reform - every member of my court does - and every legislative session, reform measures are filed... and then…

— Don Willett

“We must abandon our belief that human choice denigrates the Rule of Law.”

— Philip K. Howard

Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes…

— Ron Wyden

“The result of these trends is that today the courts, unrestrained by higher law and disdainful of majority will, are the dominant force in…

— Charles W. Colson

“MOST legislators have been men of inferior capacity whom chance exalted over their fellows, and who took counsel almost exclusively of their own prejudices…

— Montesquieu