#legal

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#got #illegal #immediately #indian #just

We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework. ↗

— Li Peng

#community #conventions #effort #every #formulation

Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#american #comply #continue #convincing #countries

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#dangerous #disarmed #force #government #holds

Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#also #correct #create #does #find

In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#fact #gangs #illegal #in fact #primary

I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. ↗

— Janet Reno

#agents #been #brightest #caring #hard

Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same penalty as we have in current law. ↗

— John Shadegg

#come #commits #crime #current #current law

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. ↗

— George Soros

#annually #beneficiaries #benefits #billions #commodity

All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#because #court #defense #experience #funds