Jurisdiction Quote by Horace Gray

Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

— Alice Paul

During the games of the Circus, he had, imprudently or designedly, performed the manumission of a slave in the presence of the consul. The…

— Edward Gibbon

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his…

— Thomas Jefferson

It was natural that the direct wielders of the royal prerogative, men who sat in the Star Chamber and the Privy Council, who knew…

— Edward Jenks

First, undoubtedly, there are some people who are coming from Cuba who immediately, or from any other country, benefit. But, what is the difference…

— Marco Rubio

My job is to investigate whether or not a crime is committed, can be proved and should be charged. I'm not going to comment…

— Patrick Fitzgerald

Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does?

— Jesse Ventura

I typically don't use the distinction 'positive' and 'negative' liberty, because negative sounds bad and positive sounds good, and I don't think that the…

— Randy Barnett

A jurisdiction thus vague and arbitrary was exposed to the most dangerous abuse: the substance, as well as the form, of justice were often…

— Edward Gibbon

The weaknesses and biases of the international mechanisms of accountability make it seem desirable to extend the domain of accountability by empowering domestic courts…

— Richard A. Falk

The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such…

— Richard A. Falk

John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.

— Nasim Pedrad