Cases Quote by Helen Thomas

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

— F. Lee Bailey

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

“But Hamilton lost the day, Jefferson won, and we have a Bill of Rights built into our Constitution that, as Hamilton feared, has increasingly…

— Thom Hartmann

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.

— Chen Shui-bian

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

— Earl Warren

I'm concerned about the role the court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century.

— Dianne Feinstein

“courts are getting out of that business and in doing so, are giving Boomer legislatures a freer hand to whittle away at rights Americans…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.

— Jean O'Leary

If everyone charged with crimes suddenly exercised his constitutional rights, there would not be enough judges, lawyers, or prison cells to deal with the…

— Michelle Alexander

We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from…

— Barbara Boxer

I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems.

— Sharron Angle

We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as…

— Frank Murphy