#constitution

The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President. ↗

— Francis Biddle

#bothered #constitution #greatly #president #wartime

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her. ↗

— Sam Houston

#bloodshed #bring #civil #constitution #her

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated. ↗

— John Bright

#ballot #called #care #constitutional #decide

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#almighty #almighty god #believed #considerate #constitution

The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right. ↗

— John Conyers

#court #court decision #decision #documents #forbidden

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud. ↗

— Lynn Westmoreland

#constitutional right #fraud #greatest #greatest threat #right

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#current #embarrassing #law #places #president

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#criminality #few #new #nothing #nothing new

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#constitutional #economic #folly #law

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#adopt #again #bring #citizens #constitution