#constitution

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#slavery #time

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer. ↗

— John Amery

#allowed #been #brought #constitution #corpus

And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw those conclusions: That they were conservative. They were fiscally conservative and socially conservative. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#conservative #constitution #country #draw #fathers

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. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#between #constitutional #constitutional amendment #going #i

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. ↗

— William Banting

#active life #anxiety #bodily #business #business career

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. ↗

— Joe Biden

#authority #authorize #chief #commander #constitution

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

— Alan Bullock

#dictatorship #enabling #foundation #hitler #law

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#constitution #corollary #federal #highest #land

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#bound #constitution #country #debate #england

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime. ↗

— Angela Davis

#amendment #constitution #convicted #crime #did