Quotes about Constitutional

Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic or white, people who live in a big city or in remote rural areas. Votes: 4

There is a Constitutional right to prostitution. Votes: 3

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights Votes: 3

The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education. Votes: 3

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended Votes: 3

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences. Votes: 3

Constitutional democracy can only survive if the people of our nation are moral. Votes: 3

Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people. Votes: 3

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. Votes: 3

Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps. Votes: 3

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Votes: 3

A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues. Votes: 3

Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us. Votes: 3

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government. Votes: 3

In law, one's sense of calling or vocation will lead one to be interested in certain dimensions of Constitutional law. Votes: 3

The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States. Votes: 3

When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people. Votes: 3

Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work. Votes: 3

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote. Votes: 3

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. Votes: 3

Since Congress makes the laws they are under the delusion that anything they do is legal, no matter if it is unwise, unethical, or un-Constitutional. Votes: 3

I call the present system 'Post-Constitutional America.' As I sometimes put it, the U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government. Votes: 3

This post of President is a Constitutional post. It is the duty of everyone, all citizens to see that they respect the post... the institution of President. Votes: 3

There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses. Votes: 3

The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress. Votes: 3

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment. Votes: 3

There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates for a Bill of Rights and trial by jury. Votes: 3

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman. Votes: 3

With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools. Votes: 3

People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment... What kind of prayer would we use? Votes: 3

If you ask someone whether our Constitutional rights are being flushed down the porcelain oubliette, and their response is, "If I answer that honestly they'll arrest me," then you already have your answer. Votes: 3

Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln's brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened, it would have no doubt become an established institution. Votes: 3

While the Right of Suffrage is conceded to thousands notoriously ignorant, vicious, and drunken, ... a Constitutional denial to Black men, as such, of Political Rights freely secured to White men, is monstrously unjust and irrational. Votes: 3

Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to do it is for Donald Trump - it`s not about him. Votes: 3

No one talks about the real ethics disaster in Washington. It's that many members of Congress will listen to any argument against a bill except for two: that it's not moral or that it's not Constitutional. Votes: 3

Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did something really unforgivable. Like remind Obama he was once a professor of Constitutional Law. Votes: 3

Uganda's Constitutional Court will decide whether the military court can proceed with this trial. A nation cannot claim to be operating under the rule of law if its military tribunals ignore the orders of civilian courts. Votes: 3

The freedom to own and carry the weapon of your choice is a natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and Constitutional right - subject neither to the democratic process nor to arguments grounded in social utility. Votes: 3

My judgment is that neither House of Congress, nor both combined, have any right to interfere in the count. It is for the Vice-President to do it all.... There should be no compromise of our Constitutional rights. Votes: 3

The aim of the Constitutional treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this treaty is to be unreadable...The Constitution aimed to be clear, whereas this treaty had to be unclear. It is a success. Votes: 3

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters. Votes: 3

Castilian Spanish speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian speaking Spain, Galician speaking Spain and Basque speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship Votes: 3

If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. Votes: 3

If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. Votes: 3

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging. Votes: 3

In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment. Votes: 3

[There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all inquisitions that are concerned with the private life and the political affiliations of the citizens. Votes: 3

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights. Votes: 3

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." Votes: 3

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission. Votes: 3

Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The committee informed us they had passed on W[oman] S[uffrage] being ten to five in favor. Votes: 3

I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just that I never envisioned it taking the form of thousands of people screaming 'you asshole!' at me. Votes: 3

No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages. Votes: 3

I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the one who's lobbying for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. If that doesn't stem from personal opinion, I don't know what does. Votes: 3

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones. Votes: 2

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter. Votes: 2

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Votes: 2

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional. Votes: 2

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white. Votes: 2

The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one. Votes: 2

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law. Votes: 2

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. Votes: 2

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero. Votes: 2

There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are. Votes: 2

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. Votes: 2

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough. Votes: 2

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution. Votes: 2

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. Votes: 2

Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. Votes: 2

You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean. Votes: 2

I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like. Votes: 2

Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. Votes: 2

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. Votes: 2

Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term. Votes: 2

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. Votes: 2

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. Votes: 2

Yes, we do defend our office as we do defend our homes. This is a constitutional right everybody has, and nothing's funny about that. The only reason they get mad at the Black Panther Party when you do it is for the simple reason that we're political. Votes: 2

The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like. Votes: 2

If it's lawful to have a rifle club to kill pheasants, it should be just as lawful to have one to kill wolves or dogs that are being sicked on little black babies. In fact, it's constitutional. Article Number Two of the constitution guarantees the right of every citizen to own a rifle or a shot gun. Votes: 2

I call myself a constitutional conservative. Votes: 0

Liberty cannot live apart from constitutional Votes: 0

The path we have chosen is constitutional. Votes: 0

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. Votes: 0

I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. Votes: 0

There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Votes: 0

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional. Votes: 0

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, all the time. Votes: 0

Charles was constitutionally incapable of being a constitutional monarch. Votes: 0

I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy. Votes: 0

We don't need a constitutional amendment for kids to pray. Votes: 0

Only majorities can expand political rights in America's constitutional society. Votes: 0

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes. Votes: 0

I think constitutional and lawful protest has a very real value. Votes: 0

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college. Votes: 0

I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage. Votes: 0

Iranians launched their constitutional revolution in 1906 and established their parliament soon afterward. Votes: 0

What makes America great is peaceful protests and exercising your constitutional rights. Votes: 0

There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded. Votes: 0

It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. Votes: 0

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud. Votes: 0

Fans have a constitutional right to expect success and have high expectations... Votes: 0

Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system. Votes: 0

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment. Votes: 0

Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't. Votes: 0

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty. Votes: 0

As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you. Votes: 0

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field. Votes: 0

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect. Votes: 0

Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. Votes: 0

Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law. Votes: 0

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Votes: 0

I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Votes: 0

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. Votes: 0

The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles. Votes: 0

The United States Supreme Court has voted 6-3 that voter photo ID is constitutional. Votes: 0

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all. Votes: 0

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. Votes: 0

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 0

Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge. Votes: 0

Wartime always brings expansions of state power, together with erosions of moral and constitutional standards. Votes: 0

The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage. Votes: 0

The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer. Votes: 0

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy. Votes: 0

I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats. Votes: 0

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. Votes: 0

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights Votes: 0

Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy. Votes: 0

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget. Votes: 0

Anyone who takes a seat in the Bundestag does so within a Europeanized constitutional framework. Votes: 0

The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional. Votes: 0

In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes. Votes: 0

The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might. Votes: 0

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years. Votes: 0

I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage. Votes: 0

I don't think we're actually using the constitutional tools that we have in an appropriate fashion. Votes: 0

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. Votes: 0

[Hillary] Clinton's plan would trigger a constitutional crisis unlike almost anything we have ever seen before. Votes: 0

On August 28, 1933, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6260, outlawing the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own gold. Votes: 0

The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters. Votes: 0

Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional. Votes: 0

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. Votes: 0

We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. Votes: 0

It's my constitutional right to have my choice of who I want to vote for for president. Votes: 0

The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength. Votes: 0

We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value. Votes: 0

But there are some persons who wouldpersuade the people never to make use of their constitutional rights. Votes: 0

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade. Votes: 0

Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives. Votes: 0

The highest laws of the land (America) are not only the constitution and constitutional laws, but also contracts. Votes: 0

President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident. Votes: 0

Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe. Votes: 0

You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right. Votes: 0

We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations. Votes: 0

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. Votes: 0

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so. Votes: 0

Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges. Votes: 0

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation. Votes: 0

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. Votes: 0

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so. Votes: 0

In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. Votes: 0

Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. Votes: 0

History moves fast. It's hard to believe that gay Americans achieved full constitutional personhood just five years after corporations did! Votes: 0

Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does? Votes: 0

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way. Votes: 0

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. Votes: 0

I wish I had a man and not a dishrag printed over with big words like 'constitutional rights' and 'progress'! Votes: 0

I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions. I have a great fear now of not having one. Votes: 0

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something. Votes: 0

The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum. Votes: 0

The Wright Amendment is a pain in the ass, but not every pain in the ass is a constitutional infringement. Votes: 0

Edward Snowden isn't a traitor. He reported the crime of conspiracy to deny citizens of their constitutional rights. NetworkEtiquette.net Votes: 0

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong. Votes: 0

Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people. Votes: 0

You see that in his foreign policy [Barack] Obama lacks a backbone - both a constitutional backbone and a personal backbone. Votes: 0

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. Votes: 0

Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties. Votes: 0

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. Votes: 0

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme. Votes: 0

We believe in enjoying the constitutional privilege and right of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences. Votes: 0

The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end. Votes: 0

If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate. Votes: 0

We're seeing is young people who are optimistic, who want a future, want our constitutional rights, are coming to our campaign. Votes: 0

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care? Votes: 0

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. Votes: 0

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. Votes: 0

We electors have an important constitutional power placed in our hands; we have a check upon two branches of the legislature. Votes: 0

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. Votes: 0

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life. Votes: 0

...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections. Votes: 0

Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. Votes: 0

I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility. Votes: 0

If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist. Votes: 0

Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. Votes: 0

It is too disgusting to contemplate that a handful of men keep millions of women from being constitutional citizens of this land. Votes: 0

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. Votes: 0

If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us. Votes: 0

Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress? Votes: 0

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith? Votes: 0

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. Votes: 0

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected. Votes: 0

Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss. Votes: 0

We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place. Votes: 0

A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages. Votes: 0

There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. Votes: 0

Corporations are not legal "persons" with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore control. Votes: 0

Egypt now is a real civil state. It is not theocratic, it is not military. It is democratic, free, constitutional, lawful and modern. Votes: 0

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so. Votes: 0

Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly. Votes: 0

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth. Votes: 0

Our plan will not favor religious institutions over nonreligious institutions. As president, I'm interested in what is constitutional and I'm interested in what works. Votes: 0

We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations. Votes: 0

I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution. Votes: 0

It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. Votes: 0

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded. Votes: 0

Expect the rapidly expanding homeschool movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to rebuild a free society with constitutional protections. Votes: 0

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge. Votes: 0

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best. Votes: 0

And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are. Votes: 0

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded. Votes: 0

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102) Votes: 0

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam. Votes: 0

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections. Votes: 0

If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of Congress. Votes: 0

Under our [constitutional system] - either we're going to have to rethink our Constitution, or we're going to have to rethink our process of decision-making. Votes: 0

I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Votes: 0

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. Votes: 0

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress. Votes: 0

A political conception just applies to the basic structure of a society, its institutions, constitutional essentials, matters of basic justice and property, and so on. Votes: 0

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads. Votes: 0

Blessed be the memory of those few brethren who contended so strenuously for their constitutional rights and religious freedom, against such an overwhelming force of desperadoes! Votes: 0

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance. Votes: 0

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. Votes: 0

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate. Votes: 0

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time. Votes: 0

Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance. Votes: 0

Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution. Votes: 0

What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy. Votes: 0

Justice William Brennan stated that the phrase 'under God' in our Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional because it no longer has a religious purpose or meaning. Votes: 0

I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment. Votes: 0

No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man. Votes: 0

[Jane] Roe has made it not only possible, but has found it constitutional to kill a whole class of people, simply because of their genetic make-up. Votes: 0

Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution. Votes: 0

We are confident that the Supreme Court will soon see the direction that this country is headed and enshrine marriage as a constitutional right for all. Votes: 0

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role. Votes: 0

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge. Votes: 0

Most Americans, who think Congress has a right to do anything for which they can get a majority vote, ignore the clearly written constitutional restraints on Congress. Votes: 0

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 0

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security. Votes: 0

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional. Votes: 0

At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability. Votes: 0

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to discover a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing. Votes: 0

The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. Votes: 0

Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid. Votes: 0

Laws are made with such attention to protecting women that, if a man's constitutional rights conflict with a woman's protection, his rights disintegrate before her protection disintegrates. Votes: 0

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to 'discover' a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing. Votes: 0

If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of human dignity. Votes: 0

Whether I am or am not a Communist is irrelevant. The question is whether American citizens, regardless of their political beliefs or sympathies, may enjoy their constitutional rights. Votes: 0

... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark. Votes: 0

...secession, like any other REVOLUTIONARY ACT, may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the meaning of terms... Votes: 0

Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention. Votes: 0

The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government. Votes: 0

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved. Votes: 0

The attempt to isolate economics from other disciplines-notably politics, history, philosophy, finance, constitutional theory and sociology-has fatally disabled its power to explain what is happening in the world. Votes: 0

The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities. Votes: 0

Swimming in the U.K. is not really about enjoying a sultry experience. It's about cold, clear acts of purification, and constitutional durability. It's about invigoration and bravado. Votes: 0

I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights. Votes: 0

This Court is forever adding new stories to the temples of constitutional law, and the temples have a way of collapsing when one story too many is added. Votes: 0

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. Votes: 0

It was Thomas Jefferson who said that we should not allow the courts to have a monopoly on the interpretation of what is constitutional and what is not. Votes: 0

There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise. Votes: 0

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. Votes: 0

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve. Votes: 0

As Harry Blackmun said when he wrote Roe v. Wade, `Once a child is born, the child has basic constitutional rights: due process, equal protection of the laws.' Votes: 0

No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Votes: 0

Like some great swelling river, the powers of the federal government have today breached their constitutional levees and spilled into countless areas of life never anticipated by the founders. Votes: 0

I support the constitutional right of American women to consult their own conscious, their own support of partner, their own minister, but then make their own decision about pregnancy. Votes: 0

I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony capitalism by the ruling class in Washington. Votes: 0

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages. Votes: 0

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions. Votes: 0

The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and supporting the institutions of a constitutional regime. Votes: 0

The nation should be able to remove by an orderly constitutional process any president with an unyielding commitment to failed policies and an inability to renew the country's hope. Votes: 0

To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Votes: 0

The real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people's cars...it's in the Bill of Rights and in our constitutional form of government. Votes: 0

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution. Votes: 0

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. Votes: 0

The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys no superior right of access. Votes: 0

In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government. Votes: 0

He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator. Votes: 0

Increased interest and participation by labor in the affairs of government should make for economic and political stability in the future. Labor has a constitutional and statutory right to participate. Votes: 0

The American people want jobs and economic growth. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. The American people want their constitutional liberties protected. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. Votes: 0

Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this. Votes: 0

No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain. Votes: 0

When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional or not, affordable or not, it didn't matter. Votes: 0

No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty. Votes: 0

For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, 'Brown' must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision. Votes: 0

If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality Votes: 0

The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a saint's self-flagellation viewed by an atheist. Votes: 0

If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality. Votes: 0

The ripping and tearing of an unborn child from his mother's womb through the hands of another, and we say, "That's fine; you have a constitutional right to do that." Votes: 0

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though that election was very suspiciously called. Votes: 0

The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done. Votes: 0

If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens. Votes: 0

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. Votes: 0

Seek to mingle gentleness in all your rebukes; bear with the infirmities of others; make allowance for constitutional frailties; never say harsh things, if kind things will do as well. Votes: 0

A spider web of 'patriots for profit', operating from the highest positions of special trust and confidence, have successfully circumvented our constitutional system in pursuit of a New World Order. Votes: 0

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government. Votes: 0

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations...is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism. Votes: 0

I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general Votes: 0

The police have no right to do what they have been doing to the protesters. Their behavior has been designed to chill the protester's constitutional rights. This judge's ruling is wonderful. Votes: 0

Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full exercise of the largest constitutional authorities. Votes: 0

I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents who were there exercising their constitutional rights. Votes: 0

The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution. Votes: 0

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution. Votes: 0

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 rapidly changing social, economic, and technological conditions. Votes: 0

The Spain of today looks at the Second Republic with great appreciation and above all with satisfaction and pride for what we have been able to do in this constitutional age". Votes: 0

Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights. Votes: 0

If we add state capitalism to the Bush administration's success in eroding both the US Constitution and the power of Congress, we may be witnessing the final death of accountable constitutional government. Votes: 0

In our constitutional system, the extent of political controversies, including the protests, surrounding a given issue is utterly unrelated to the analysis of legality and should have no effect on any court. Votes: 0

The sole constitutional office of language being to express our ideas and sentiments, it becomes more and more perfect and useful, the more effectually it subserves this sole end of its creation. Votes: 0

The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed. Votes: 0

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted. Votes: 0

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges. Votes: 0

Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired. Votes: 0

We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights. Votes: 0

The constitutional reform is supposed to give autonomy to eastern Ukraine and to be adopted by the end of 2015. This has not happened, and the year is over. That's not Russia's fault. Votes: 0

As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty. Votes: 0

This election is a critical step in that overall plan - transforming the Iraqi government into a fully constitutional one, able to secure its own borders and ensure the safety of its citizens. Votes: 0

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian. Votes: 0

The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it. Votes: 0

I strongly support Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a constitutional right to a woman to make the most intimate, most difficult, in many cases, decisions about her health care that one can imagine. Votes: 0

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country. Votes: 0

Why, I can't help smiling at people, and speaking prettily to them. I know I'm no better than the rest of the world; but I can't help it if I'm pleasanter. It's constitutional. Votes: 0

No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war? Votes: 0

President Obama's executive actions give work permits and federal entitlement benefits to people illegally in America - in direct violation of the laws passed by Congress. This undermines the entire constitutional system of government. Votes: 0

A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a free constitution against the enterprise of an aspiring prince Votes: 0

The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society. Votes: 0

Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster. Votes: 0

Whether Canada ends up with one national government or two governments or 10 governments, the Canadian people will require less government no matter what the constitutional status or arrangement of any future country may be. Votes: 0

I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. Votes: 0

In most constitutional states the citizens rule and are ruled by turns, for the idea of a constitutional state implies that the natures of the citizens are equal, and do not differ at all. Votes: 0

For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation. Votes: 0

A constitutional state is like daily bread, like water to drink and air to breath, and the best thing about democracy is that it is the only system capable of securing the constitutional state. Votes: 0

Here is a good bill that's needed in America. If it's unconstitutional, let the U.S. Supreme Court reverse its opinion and get in line with New Hampshire and that will make it constitutional. Votes: 0

The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. ... They're American citizens. Votes: 0

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining the constitutional basis of this government. This president is undermining our military. He is undermining our standing in the world....The damage he has done to America is extraordinary. Votes: 0

Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland? Votes: 0

Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done more to protect Christian liberty than any governing document ever devised by man. Votes: 0

There is a vast difference - a constitutional difference-between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and the refusal of individuals to commingle where the state presents no such bar. Votes: 0

There is a vast difference - a constitutional difference-between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and the refusal of individuals to commingle where the state presents no such bar. Votes: 0

Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like. Votes: 0

This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumental pieces of legislation. Votes: 0

I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: the principle of religious independence, of religious liberty, of religious freedom. Votes: 0

The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech. Votes: 0

And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too. Votes: 0

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers. Votes: 0

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers. Votes: 0

Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and once more confronted the Patriot party with the whole problem of the revolution's future. Votes: 0

It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces to Great Britain, where it was regarded with quite as much national pride. Votes: 0

In the American constitutional system of three different branches, conflict - and I mean that peaceful, vigorous debate - it's a feature of our system, not a bug. We need less all-or - winner-take-all politics. Votes: 0

I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage. Votes: 0

In the rare event that the Supreme Court refuses to play along there is always a perfectly legal, extra-constitutional, quasi-legislative, quasi-executive, quasi-judicial, 'independent' regulatory commission or executive agency to kill off or override constitutional protections. Votes: 0