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Why did my case with the Board for the Correction of Military Records take three years to decide when by law it is supposed to be decided in nine to 18 months? I had to write to the White House in 2018 and 2019 to get the Air Force to speed up the process, they were going to try to make my case drag out as long as possible. Also, they did not evaluate any of the evidence that I presented. My case involves constitutional law protections and the Air Force had [its personnel]making legal determinations. – Chaplain Cizek	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Today's ruling makes clear that there is a proper procedure to observe an election that even the president must follow, and it's most certainly a victory for the constitutional rights of all Nevadans. – Aaron Ford	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We will have drive-thru voting open tomorrow. We will count those votes. And we want to make clear that voter access in Harris County and in America is a constitutional right that we will protect, we will give voters on Election Day the same rights, the same conveniences that every other voter has had during the early voting period. – Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We took a series of steps to make sure the pandemic didn't take away Montana's constitutional ballot initiative process. – Matthew Schweich	Found on CNN 3 years ago
President Trump has the constitutional power to' nominate' Judge Barrett to be a Supreme Court Justice, and the Senate has the constitutional power to' consent' to Judge Barrett, that's all the Constitution says on the subject, and no precedents have added any extra requirements to that. – Eugene Volokh	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think the protests are a wonderful, constitutional way for people to express their concerns. I welcome peaceful protests as a resident and as a citizen of Wisconsin and Waukesha County, yet the police in our community, they have a very difficult job at times and they're under extreme scrutiny because they have to enforce these laws and maintain law and order. – Brandon Rosner	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are happy that they have been granted bail. But the bail conditions clearly curtail their constitutional rights. – Doug Coltart	Found on CNN 3 years ago
However, we believe that no American -- underlying health conditions or not -- should ever be faced with that most impossible choice on Election Day : Do I stay home to protect my health and the health of my loved ones, or do I risk my life to exercise my constitutional right to vote ? – Ben Lay	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Given Trump's failed response to this pandemic, how he's tanked the economy, and how he's out of touch with reality, that's the only way they can win, but we will fight back against their un-democratic Senate GOP tactics, either through litigation or our on-the-ground voter protection infrastructure, to do every thing we can to make sure every single eligible voter can exercise their constitutional right to make their voice heard. – Chris Meagher	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As everyone has indicated, there shouldn't be any change in the date of the election. That is historic. It is constitutional. It is required. And it's up to the states to conduct fair elections with integrity, we are going to do that in Arkansas. We are going to have expanded absentee ballot access. But we want to do it with proper controls and to minimize any fraudulent activity. – Asa Hutchinson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The President has the constitutional authority to confer pardons and commutations, but that power is not unlimited, and was provided to remedy injustices, not to cover up for a president or shield The President from potential criminal liability. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It doesnt make no sense whatsoever and its totally discrimination is all it is, im not sure why they are picking on us ... I dont know what (the governors) reasons are, but its wrong. Its completely wrong. Its totally against our constitutional right. – Chris Bergeron	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The president clearly has the legal and constitutional authority to grant clemency for federal crimes, however, this authority should be used judiciously and very rarely by any president. – Pat Toomey	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are pleased that in the decisions issued today, Supreme Court has temporarily blocked both Congress and New York prosecutors from obtaining the President's financial records. We will now proceed to raise additional constitutional and legal issues in the lower courts. – Jay Sekulow	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We had hoped that this would be the time that The Supreme Court would take up the serious Constitutional issues surrounding this administration's waiver of environmental law to expedite construction of the border wall. It's unfortunate that they did not, but we believe that there continue to be serious issues. – Jason Rylander	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There is a good shot that this (Supreme Court) ruling will migrate over into the constitutional sphere. So that (means) heightened scrutiny for any discrimination against transgender persons. – William Eskridge	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
At the end of the day, if an illness or a pandemic comes through, we do not throw our constitutional rights out the window. – Councilman Brantley Lyons	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We need action from the state legislature, up toand including state constitutional amendmentsif necessary, to give local communities including Albuquerque the power to proactively stop this kind of escalation, intimidation, and violence. – Mayor Tim Keller	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact. – Robert H. Jackson	added by Normando 3 years ago
This is a transparent attempt to use national security as a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton, in violation of his constitutional right to speak on matters of the utmost public import. This attempt will not succeed, and Mr. Bolton's book will be published June 23. – Charles Cooper	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It is within each and every nation's [ sovereign ] right to address its national security concerns, meanwhile, [ Hong Kong ] has the mission-critical task to fortify Hong Kong citizens' faith and maintain international trust in the constitutional principle of' One Country, Two Systems ','. – Li Ka-shing	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Every American and Californian has the Constitutional right as a citizen to cast their ballot and have it counted, expanding voting access is NOT stealing an election, contrary to what Republicans in Washington may believe. Instead of undermining an election at the 11th hour they should follow the lead of the Republican Mayor of Lancaster who is supporting their candidate and called for this voting center to be opened. – Andy Orellana	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The resolution implies that the President's constitutional authority to use military force is limited to defense of the United States and its forces against imminent attack. That is incorrect, we live in a hostile world of evolving threats, and the Constitution recognizes that the President must be able to anticipate our adversaries' next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That's what I did ! – President Donald Trump on Wednesday	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Tomorrow morning I am submitting a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal in which I want to ask whether it will be contrary to or consistent with the constitution if I postpone the election date. – Elzbieta Witek	Found on Reuters 3 years ago

Why did my case with the Board for the Correction of Military Records take three years to decide when by law it is supposed to be decided in nine to 18 months? I had to write to the White House in 2018 and 2019 to get the Air Force to speed up the process, they were going to try to make my case drag out as long as possible. Also, they did not evaluate any of the evidence that I presented. My case involves constitutional law protections and the Air Force had [its personnel]making legal determinations.

– Chaplain Cizek

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Today's ruling makes clear that there is a proper procedure to observe an election that even the president must follow, and it's most certainly a victory for the constitutional rights of all Nevadans.

– Aaron Ford

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We will have drive-thru voting open tomorrow. We will count those votes. And we want to make clear that voter access in Harris County and in America is a constitutional right that we will protect, we will give voters on Election Day the same rights, the same conveniences that every other voter has had during the early voting period.

– Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We took a series of steps to make sure the pandemic didn't take away Montana's constitutional ballot initiative process.

– Matthew Schweich

Found on CNN
3 years ago

President Trump has the constitutional power to' nominate' Judge Barrett to be a Supreme Court Justice, and the Senate has the constitutional power to' consent' to Judge Barrett, that's all the Constitution says on the subject, and no precedents have added any extra requirements to that.

– Eugene Volokh

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think the protests are a wonderful, constitutional way for people to express their concerns. I welcome peaceful protests as a resident and as a citizen of Wisconsin and Waukesha County, yet the police in our community, they have a very difficult job at times and they're under extreme scrutiny because they have to enforce these laws and maintain law and order.

– Brandon Rosner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are happy that they have been granted bail. But the bail conditions clearly curtail their constitutional rights.

– Doug Coltart

Found on CNN
3 years ago

However, we believe that no American -- underlying health conditions or not -- should ever be faced with that most impossible choice on Election Day : Do I stay home to protect my health and the health of my loved ones, or do I risk my life to exercise my constitutional right to vote ?

– Ben Lay

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Given Trump's failed response to this pandemic, how he's tanked the economy, and how he's out of touch with reality, that's the only way they can win, but we will fight back against their un-democratic Senate GOP tactics, either through litigation or our on-the-ground voter protection infrastructure, to do every thing we can to make sure every single eligible voter can exercise their constitutional right to make their voice heard.

– Chris Meagher

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As everyone has indicated, there shouldn't be any change in the date of the election. That is historic. It is constitutional. It is required. And it's up to the states to conduct fair elections with integrity, we are going to do that in Arkansas. We are going to have expanded absentee ballot access. But we want to do it with proper controls and to minimize any fraudulent activity.

– Asa Hutchinson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The President has the constitutional authority to confer pardons and commutations, but that power is not unlimited, and was provided to remedy injustices, not to cover up for a president or shield The President from potential criminal liability.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It doesnt make no sense whatsoever and its totally discrimination is all it is, im not sure why they are picking on us ... I dont know what (the governors) reasons are, but its wrong. Its completely wrong. Its totally against our constitutional right.

– Chris Bergeron

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The president clearly has the legal and constitutional authority to grant clemency for federal crimes, however, this authority should be used judiciously and very rarely by any president.

– Pat Toomey

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are pleased that in the decisions issued today, Supreme Court has temporarily blocked both Congress and New York prosecutors from obtaining the President's financial records. We will now proceed to raise additional constitutional and legal issues in the lower courts.

– Jay Sekulow

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We had hoped that this would be the time that The Supreme Court would take up the serious Constitutional issues surrounding this administration's waiver of environmental law to expedite construction of the border wall. It's unfortunate that they did not, but we believe that there continue to be serious issues.

– Jason Rylander

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There is a good shot that this (Supreme Court) ruling will migrate over into the constitutional sphere. So that (means) heightened scrutiny for any discrimination against transgender persons.

– William Eskridge

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

At the end of the day, if an illness or a pandemic comes through, we do not throw our constitutional rights out the window.

– Councilman Brantley Lyons

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We need action from the state legislature, up toand including state constitutional amendmentsif necessary, to give local communities including Albuquerque the power to proactively stop this kind of escalation, intimidation, and violence.

– Mayor Tim Keller

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.

– Robert H. Jackson

added by Normando
3 years ago

This is a transparent attempt to use national security as a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton, in violation of his constitutional right to speak on matters of the utmost public import. This attempt will not succeed, and Mr. Bolton's book will be published June 23.

– Charles Cooper

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is within each and every nation's [ sovereign ] right to address its national security concerns, meanwhile, [ Hong Kong ] has the mission-critical task to fortify Hong Kong citizens' faith and maintain international trust in the constitutional principle of' One Country, Two Systems ','.

– Li Ka-shing

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Every American and Californian has the Constitutional right as a citizen to cast their ballot and have it counted, expanding voting access is NOT stealing an election, contrary to what Republicans in Washington may believe. Instead of undermining an election at the 11th hour they should follow the lead of the Republican Mayor of Lancaster who is supporting their candidate and called for this voting center to be opened.

– Andy Orellana

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The resolution implies that the President's constitutional authority to use military force is limited to defense of the United States and its forces against imminent attack. That is incorrect, we live in a hostile world of evolving threats, and the Constitution recognizes that the President must be able to anticipate our adversaries' next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That's what I did !

– President Donald Trump on Wednesday

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Tomorrow morning I am submitting a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal in which I want to ask whether it will be contrary to or consistent with the constitution if I postpone the election date.

– Elzbieta Witek

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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