Ends Quote by John Adams

“Neither the executive nor the legislature can act beyond the limits of the law.”

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

“Article 73 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that, subject to the Constitution, the executive power of the union shall extend to matters in respect…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

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 government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve…

— John Marshall

The power of declaring war being with the Legislature, the Executive should do nothing necessarily committing them to decide for war in preference of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Executive power thus could be exercised adjacent to legislation without actually trespassing on legislative power. The executive, for example, could make regulations and interpretations…

— Philip Hamburger

It is well settled in our Constitutional scheme that all Parliamentary Acts and mandates bind the executive. Any executive act, which violates any express…

— Prashant Bhushan

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt

The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but…

— Andrew Jackson

Even George W. Bush, who as president pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely.

— Ari Melber

It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first…

— Alexander Hamilton

No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution.

— Michael Newdow