Clauses Quote by William Rehnquist

I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical invocation of…

— Potter Stewart

The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids to interpretation…

— Melville Fuller

Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions…

— James MacGregor Burns

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

— Antonin Scalia

The Constitution was framed in order to form a more perfect union, not to establish mass confusion

— Byron Goines

It was Thomas Jefferson who said that we should not allow the courts to have a monopoly on the interpretation of what is constitutional…

— Walter E. Williams

Pulling a crystalline, cogent rule out of the murk of the court's First Amendment, public forum, and Establishment Clause doctrine is an act of…

— Dahlia Lithwick

The Constitution's framers intended to restrict central authority to the few areas that could not be handled by states. The drafters would be horrified…

— Doug Bandow

A Constitution is not meant to be a flexible arrangement which evolves from one decade to another depending on political expediency.

— Maxime Bernier

Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted as suited…

— Edwin Gaustad

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

— Barack Obama

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the…

— Robert Byrd