#constitutional

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#andrew #claim #claimed #congress #constitutional

The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

#first #instance #might #questions #right

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#constitutional #conversation #couch #distracted #easily

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. ↗

— James Madison

#charter #constitutional #derived #fountain #government

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

— Thurgood Marshall

#constitutional #control #giving #government #heritage

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

— George McClellan

#constitutional #constitutional rights #far #military #necessity

The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job. ↗

— Dylan Moran

#doing #i #incapable #job #ordinary

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

— Ferdinand Mount

#constitutional #i #i think #many #mean

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

— Giorgio Napolitano

#brought #conclusion #constitutional #elections #european

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

— Ben Nelson

#campaign finance #campaign finance reform #certainly #challenge #constitutional