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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
A Constitution should be short and obscure
A Constitution should be short and obscure
A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you read more
A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, then you argue the Constitution
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted read more
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a read more
The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be read more
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may read more
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
