#constitutional

A freedom given up is not so easily regained. ↗

— Rivera Sun

#civil-liberty #civil-rights-movement #constitution #constitutional-rights #freedom

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#almost #amazing #balances #been #checks

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional. ↗

— Justin Amash

#arguably #engage #improper #legislation #names

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#broad-based #constitutional #context #court #determine

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#competent #constitutionally #contest #elections #i

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#constitutional #one-man #parties #political #political parties

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge. ↗

— Robert Bork

#content #democracy #given #judge #law

If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#border #citizens #complement #constitutional #efforts

I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#constitutional #constitutional amendment #gay #gay marriage #i

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#acts #constitutional #especially #last #last year