Thomas Sowell Quotes
What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.Thomas Sowell
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.
Dana Rohrabacher -
Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.
Walter Cronkite -
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
Caleb Cushing -
We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
Harold Pinter
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I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
Harold Pinter -
We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.
Dan Coats -
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Samuel Adams -
The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.
Felix Frankfurter -
I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.
Narendra Modi -
I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
O. J. Simpson
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The votes of 60,000 Floridians were not counted. The Court threw out all 60,00 votes. And that's what the newspapers around the country are counting now.
Vincent Bugliosi -
I'll have you understand I am running this court, and the law hasn't got a damn thing to do with it!
Sam Ervin -
Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.
A.J. Cronin -
For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.
Liam Fox -
Generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.
Barack Obama -
On a court full of great writers, I shouldn't say full of - there have been some bad writers on the court over the years.
Dahlia Lithwick
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Every writer dreams of having the ability to hold forth for 8,000 words and pull all these different forms together: history, reportage, journalism. That was all I really wanted, and 'The Atlantic' was my first high-profile opportunity.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
If you remember only one thing I've said, remember that an idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor. If you have never made a good metaphor, then you don't know what it's all about.
Robert Frost -
If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
Zooey Deschanel -
There is a fine line between optimism and delusion. I cross it often.
Hal Elrod -
What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.
Thomas Sowell