Quotes About Jurisdiction

I soon discovered that the greater part of a day in Old State was devoted to meetings. Where the boundaries of jurisdiction were fuzzy or overlapping, meetings became inevitable. Most questions affected a number of functional and geographic divisions...These meetings gave the illusion of action, but often frustrated it by attempting to reconcile the irreconcilable. What was most often needed was not compromise but decision.

I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties.

We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.

It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

Since Britain handed over jurisdiction of its former colony to China 20 years ago, the city has operated under the notion of 'one country, two systems.' That increasingly appears to be an empty slogan.

What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas.

The California real estate commissioner refused to take any action, asserting that while regulations prohibited licensed agents from engaging in "unethical practices," the exploitation of racial fear was not within the real estate commission's jurisdiction.

Power with conditions was no power

Though Toyota or Argentina has neither a body nor a mind, they are subject to international laws, they can own land and money, and they can sue and be sued in court. We might soon grant similar status to algorithms.

O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.

Fed role - legal system, currency & defense, within its means.

When our fathers dissolved their connection with Great Britain, by declaring themselves free and independent States, they constituted thirteen separate communities, and were careful to assert and preserve, each for itself, its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

We live in a world with a 17th century definition of jurisdiction, an 18th century model for the judiciary, a 19th century model for law enforcement, and a mountain of outdated 20th century styled regulations.

He touched the funneled brim of his Stetson with two fingers and held open his ID case in the other hand, showing his star. He said, 'Raylan Givens, U.S. Marshals Service.

from local than national authority.

As anyone familiar with my scholarship knows, I am not a huge fan of inherent powers in most contexts.

With great powers come great responsibilities; with plenary powers come plenary responsibilities.

Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.

they would be immune from arrest, safe for as long as they were at sea.

All were agreed that there could be no liberty while a body independent of the parliamentary system was able to judge people, and the ecclesiastical tribunals' jurisdiction was duly annulled by act of the Sejm in 1562.

Under British law, youre not allowed to fire a live round unless you are a qualified armourer. This is why the live game has to take place overseas.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

The Constitution gives the Congress absolute authority within the District of Columbia on any legislative issues whatsoever.