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“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a…

— Alexander Hamilton

I would say the league is viable as long as you have owners who want to continue funding losses. But it's not on the…

— David Stern

“Constitutionalism as a guiding political tendency will require careful and thoughtful development, as did jurisprudential originalism. But its wide appeal and philosophical depth make…

— Charles Krauthammer

One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"... Epstein makes…

— Laurence Tribe

“It is ... particularly true of constitutional government that its atmosphere is opinion .... It does not remain fixed in any unchanging form, but…

— Woodrow Wilson

This understanding, underlying constitutional interpretation since the New Deal, reflects the Constitution's demands for structural flexibility sufficient to adapt substantive laws and institutions to…

— Stephen Breyer

“Let this constitution go forth from this convention, and from the new state, a model instrument of liberal and enlightened principles.”

— H.W. Brands

“In any event, one must consider the broader implications of a frontal assault on the separation of powers as outdated, ineffective, and unaccountable. The…

— Thomas O. Sargentich

“The new Constitution, however, is brought to us by a Muse, ordained by the authority of the People, and established at the center of…

— Garrett Epps

“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to…

— Gordon S. Wood

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

— John Marshall

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's…

— William Rehnquist