Amendments Quote by Michael Kinsley

The akings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

— Michael Kinsley

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the…

— Michael Kinsley

“The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.”

— Michelle Alexander

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

— Robert Bork

History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th…

— Michael K. Simpson

We can protect the Second Amendment.

— Josh Shapiro

“the Fifteenth Amendment”

— Beverly Jenkins

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

— Arlen Specter

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny,…

— William O. Douglas

At the end of the day, we have to protect the right of the citizens to protect themselves and that's the Second Amendment, and…

— Mike Johnson

The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.

— Thomas Jefferson