Constitution Quote by Joseph Sobran

Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the…

— Joseph Story

A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that says 'x,'…

— Noah Feldman

The words of the Constitution... are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that…

— Felix Frankfurter

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they…

— Thomas Jefferson

Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.

— A. V. Dicey

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

— Antonin Scalia

'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the…

— Paul Feig

“Constitutional Law is merely politics made incomprehensible to the common man.”

— Lawrence Goldstone

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.

— Felix Frankfurter