Failure Quote by William J. Bennett

“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more closely to…

— Rachel Maddow

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”

— Chris Edelson

The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore.

— Steve Scalise

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. It's not the…

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“If a president is the type of man who couples his hope with audacity, if he is willing to play Alinsky-style hardball despite his…

— Andrew McCarthy

“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

The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.

— Max Baucus

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

— Hugo Black

“If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might…

— Gary Hansen

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine…

— Sonia Sotomayor