Commonwealth Quote by John Locke

The power of the legislative being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution, can be no other than what that…

— John Locke

“In general, the natural dividing line between legislative and nonlegislative power was between rules that bound subjects and those that did not. Legal obligation…

— Philip Hamburger

Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be…

— James Madison

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

— Isabel Paterson

When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters into his…

— William O. Douglas

The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.

— Benjamin Wittes

“By the same token, the executive cannot exercise legislative power, even if it has legislative authorization, for when it acts alone, it is a…

— Philip Hamburger

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon…

— Alexander Hamilton

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

— Edward Coke

You can have an elected parliament that makes laws, but if the judiciary is appointed by the Supreme Leader - who is a representative…

— Azadeh Moaveni

“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

The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right…

— A. V. Dicey