Quotes About Law

A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement.

The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law.

Any MP who deals with immigration a huge amount, which I do, is going to worry about giving powers to the executive to change immigration law without scrutiny.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

We're on the path of creating monopoly business practices out of copyright law.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

I have a J.D., but I'm not a practicing attorney as far as entertainment law goes.

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

I like practicing law.

I enjoyed practicing law.

I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.

I had a very good friend who was two years older than I was, and she was in law school, and she said, 'It's a great thing to do when you have no idea what you want to do.' And she was right. I learned a lot, I practiced law for 10 years. I've never looked back once I stopped practicing law, but it was a really good experience.

I'd been wanting to audition for the Raiderettes for a while. The irony is that I didn't have time when I was in law school, but as a practicing attorney I did. I've been dancing since I was 3, so it's natural to want that part of my life, the love of performing, satisfied.

I practise law almost every day. Exclusively criminal work these days.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.

I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.

I introduced H.Res 430, a congressional resolution calling upon the president to declare a National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

I thought it was a joke at first, but the president did, in fact, authorize an autopen to sign the Patriot Act extension into law. Consider the dangerous precedent this sets. Any number of circumstances could arise in the future where the public could question whether or not the president authorized the use of an autopen.

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

When we did the first 'To Catch a Predator' investigation, law enforcement wasn't involved at all. Until after the story aired.