Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
Quotes about statutes (16 Quotes)
While it may seem objectionable to some that a state official would organize and sponsor a fundraiser, and invite to that fundraiser individuals who do business with the state agency with which the official is associated Wisconsin statutes do not prohibit or restrict those practices.
The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens by narrow statutes.
Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.
He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
The heyday was Reconstruction, really. And then, starting about 1890, Arkansas imposed statutes that forced black people out of public office and made it impossible to vote -- Jim Crow laws -- and I just started to be amazed.
Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact.
The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned.
One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president--and it's set out expressly in the Constitution--is that the president is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and that means the Constitution. It means statutes. It means treaties. It means all of the laws of the United States.
The Bush administration did not seek a broad debate on whether commander-in-chief powers can trump international conventions and domestic statutes in our struggle against terrorism. They could have separated the big question from classified details to operations and had an open debate. Instead, an inner circle of lawyers and advisers worked around the dissenters in the administration and one-upped each other with extreme arguments.
Both of them come out of a tradition of reading statutes narrowly. Both of them come out of a tradition of confining congressional power to the proper sphere. In contrast to the more liberal members I see them more in favor of business.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them I am the LORD which sanctify you.
These kids have their own gang bible, just like I have a book of general statutes. And they have to study.
Several Democratic senators were concerned about Roberts' evident willingness to strike down Congressional statutes. When we discuss the Constitution's commerce clause or spending power, ... we're asking about congressional authority to pass laws to ensure clean air and water and children's and seniors' health, and safe, good drugs, safe workplaces, even wetland protection, levees that should protect our communities from natural disasters.