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The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the unrestrained will of the majority, with force, threats, and intimidation being the order of the day. Today's federal government is considerably at odds with that envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. ... [The War] also laid to rest the great principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence that 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.’ – Walter E. Williams	added by Normando 1 year ago
You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than what we've just seen, a President abandoning rational persuasion for pure, pure, demagoguery, a president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
So when I contested to the election, that was within the constitutional guidelines that the framers had set up. But after I've done that and the electors and the delegates from each state elected Joe Biden as our president, I respect the office. He is my president, and I want to work with him to make sure that we can bring some meaningful change to the American people. – Madison Cawthorn	Found on CNN 3 years ago
You see some of the framers understanding that both are problems. – Sean Wilentz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Your honor, I think there is something to be done, because that would be a vote for a non-person. No matter how big a fan many people are of Frodo Baggins, i do think the important point is that the framers hashed out these competing concerns. – Jason Harrow	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The framers thought that because people would physically vote in the states, they should give that power to the states, the Constitution's The Constitution. The Constitution created a check against the federal government from rigging the voting to help those in power stay in power. – Michael Gerhardt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think what he did is a long way from treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. I don't think it's the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president. – Donald Trump acted improperly	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I will be paraphrasing the successful argument made by( Supreme Court) Justice Benjamin Curtis in the trial of( then-President) Andrew Johnson back in the 1860s, where he argued that the framers intended for impeachable conduct only to be criminal-like conduct or conduct that is prohibited by the criminal law. – Alan Dershowitz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable, this is precisely the misconduct that the framers created a Constitution, including impeachment, to protect against. – Michael Gerhardt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
[D]isputes between Congress and the President are a recurring plot in our national story, and that is precisely what the Framers intended. – David Tatel	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's uncharted legal terrain, if the framers of the Constitution desired a president who was completely immune from all forms of criminal prosecution, they would have said so. – Jens David Ohlin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That is the cost of having a unitary executive, that is the choice of the framers of our constitution. – William Consovoy	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The Framers did not envision the use of the presidential pardon power to encourage criminal acts at the President's direction, as the Committee continues its investigation into whether to recommend articles of impeachment, it is imperative that we are able to obtain information about ongoing presidential misconduct and abuses of power. – White House	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There should be absolutely no foreign interference, or any interference of any criminal activity centered in and around us making the best decisions about whats best for our people, thats not going to happen on our watch. We are not going to allow this to thwart the confidence of our foundations of our framers. We take it serious and we will work hard in its defense to make sure that we have great elections. – Don Gray	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny. – Walter E. Williams	added by Normando 5 years ago
The 14th Amendment distinguishes between the privileges of citizenship and the privileges of all people, the framers [ of the amendment ] thought there were certain rights that were so important that they should be extended to all persons, and in order to specify that they needed a new' due process' clause. – United States	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The implication is that Congress has to take responsibility for overseeing the conduct of the president in the first instance, that's the role I believe the Framers envisioned, and that's the role that makes sense if you just look at the last 20 years. – Judge Kavanaugh	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The President is very committed to the' Gorsuch model' and a very disciplined selection process where Neil Gorsuch has courage and independence of judgment and will interpret the Constitution the way the framers meant it to be. – Leonard Leo	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think( if) the President decided he was going to pardon himself, I think that's almost self-executing impeachment, whether or not there is a minor legal argument that some law professor somewhere in a legal journal can make that the President can pardon, that's not what the framers could have intended. That's not what the American people, I think, would be able to stand for. – Preet Bharara	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We’re taking the nomination process to a place it was never intended to go by the framers of the Constitution, alexander Hamilton would be rolling in his grave. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We have to put this issue on the table because the politicians won't talk about it otherwise, what has happened is that this concentration of influence has made it impossible for the government to actually function for either issues on the right or on the left. It is corruption, because the framers intended for our government, as Madison put it, to be dependent on the people alone. We have a system where these members of Congress spend 30-70% of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the 1 percent. – Lawrence Lessig	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the unrestrained will of the majority, with force, threats, and intimidation being the order of the day. Today's federal government is considerably at odds with that envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. ... [The War] also laid to rest the great principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence that 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.’

– Walter E. Williams

added by Normando
1 year ago

You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than what we've just seen, a President abandoning rational persuasion for pure, pure, demagoguery, a president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So when I contested to the election, that was within the constitutional guidelines that the framers had set up. But after I've done that and the electors and the delegates from each state elected Joe Biden as our president, I respect the office. He is my president, and I want to work with him to make sure that we can bring some meaningful change to the American people.

– Madison Cawthorn

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You see some of the framers understanding that both are problems.

– Sean Wilentz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Your honor, I think there is something to be done, because that would be a vote for a non-person. No matter how big a fan many people are of Frodo Baggins, i do think the important point is that the framers hashed out these competing concerns.

– Jason Harrow

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The framers thought that because people would physically vote in the states, they should give that power to the states, the Constitution's The Constitution. The Constitution created a check against the federal government from rigging the voting to help those in power stay in power.

– Michael Gerhardt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think what he did is a long way from treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. I don't think it's the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president.

– Donald Trump acted improperly

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I will be paraphrasing the successful argument made by( Supreme Court) Justice Benjamin Curtis in the trial of( then-President) Andrew Johnson back in the 1860s, where he argued that the framers intended for impeachable conduct only to be criminal-like conduct or conduct that is prohibited by the criminal law.

– Alan Dershowitz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable, this is precisely the misconduct that the framers created a Constitution, including impeachment, to protect against.

– Michael Gerhardt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

[D]isputes between Congress and the President are a recurring plot in our national story, and that is precisely what the Framers intended.

– David Tatel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's uncharted legal terrain, if the framers of the Constitution desired a president who was completely immune from all forms of criminal prosecution, they would have said so.

– Jens David Ohlin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That is the cost of having a unitary executive, that is the choice of the framers of our constitution.

– William Consovoy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The Framers did not envision the use of the presidential pardon power to encourage criminal acts at the President's direction, as the Committee continues its investigation into whether to recommend articles of impeachment, it is imperative that we are able to obtain information about ongoing presidential misconduct and abuses of power.

– White House

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There should be absolutely no foreign interference, or any interference of any criminal activity centered in and around us making the best decisions about whats best for our people, thats not going to happen on our watch. We are not going to allow this to thwart the confidence of our foundations of our framers. We take it serious and we will work hard in its defense to make sure that we have great elections.

– Don Gray

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.

– Walter E. Williams

added by Normando
5 years ago

The 14th Amendment distinguishes between the privileges of citizenship and the privileges of all people, the framers [ of the amendment ] thought there were certain rights that were so important that they should be extended to all persons, and in order to specify that they needed a new' due process' clause.

– United States

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The implication is that Congress has to take responsibility for overseeing the conduct of the president in the first instance, that's the role I believe the Framers envisioned, and that's the role that makes sense if you just look at the last 20 years.

– Judge Kavanaugh

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The President is very committed to the' Gorsuch model' and a very disciplined selection process where Neil Gorsuch has courage and independence of judgment and will interpret the Constitution the way the framers meant it to be.

– Leonard Leo

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I think( if) the President decided he was going to pardon himself, I think that's almost self-executing impeachment, whether or not there is a minor legal argument that some law professor somewhere in a legal journal can make that the President can pardon, that's not what the framers could have intended. That's not what the American people, I think, would be able to stand for.

– Preet Bharara

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We’re taking the nomination process to a place it was never intended to go by the framers of the Constitution, alexander Hamilton would be rolling in his grave.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We have to put this issue on the table because the politicians won't talk about it otherwise, what has happened is that this concentration of influence has made it impossible for the government to actually function for either issues on the right or on the left. It is corruption, because the framers intended for our government, as Madison put it, to be dependent on the people alone. We have a system where these members of Congress spend 30-70% of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the 1 percent.

– Lawrence Lessig

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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