Answers Quote by James Madison

On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others…

— James Madison

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches..

— Mike DeWine

To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American]…

— John C. Calhoun

The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the consequences would…

— Alexander Hamilton

One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may…

— Oliver Ellsworth

[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress; But it…

— Joseph Story

The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are…

— Henry Knox

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by…

— John Marshall

If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

— George Washington

When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.

— David Malpass