Constitution

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

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I am happy about this decision because I want this to be done democratically, even though we support the constitution.

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The Constitution of the United States of America We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Amendment XXVII No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

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Amendment XVII The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

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Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation to be confronted with the witnesses against him to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

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Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution.

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We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.

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It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue.

- Robert D. Owens Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.

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The meeting with Mian Nawaz Sharif today is aimed to discuss a joint drive for the revival of the Constitution and democracy, and for ending the dictatorship.

- Benazir Bhutto Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I do not believe the framers of the Constitution would have considered this particular situation high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.

- R. Ambedkar Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.

- Leonard Peltier Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We believe it is good government to enact a law funding this research, rather than having to amend the Florida Constitution to do so, ... We support the Florida Legislature taking this up in March 2006 and we encourage that this legislation be passed.

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When I proposed this amendment to the Legislature, it simply removed segregationist language from our constitution -- something I hope all Alabamians would support.

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No matter how beneficial these proposals may be in our bid for genuine electoral and political reforms, we cannot immediately implement all of them, because of some legal obstacles, particularly with some of the provisions of the Constitution.

- Ignacio Bunye Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We take the position that the measure amended the constitution in more than one way, mostly because it says on its face that it's prohibiting people from the same sex from getting married and that it's also prohibiting local governments from recognizing same sex marriages from other jurisdictions.

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The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life.

- Felix Frankfurter Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Being able to protect yourself is an emotional issue. Rape and murder and kidnapping are emotional issues. And your right to have a firearm to protect yourself from those crimes is a preeminent right that is well guarded by the Constitution, well established in Florida law, and something needs to be done to stop these rights from being violated.

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Putting it in the state constitution doesn't save it.

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We do not support a coup. We have always operated within the means of the Constitution.

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The preamble to the Constitution states 'We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare...' It doesn't say 'guarantee the general welfare.' And it certainly doesn't say 'give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV.

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Amendment XXIII Section 1. The District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

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