Jon Meacham
Related PETER SINGER That kind of free-floating inherent power - the very thing we fought a revolution against - is the v... LAURENCE H. TRIBE The time in our country's history has come where our Supreme Court needs to better reflect the diver... ALAN VARELA My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa. KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN Stripping jurisdiction from the court after they have decided is far-reaching and, I think, prematur... LEE CASEY Today the Supreme Court did not rule that the president has the authority to detain an American citi... JOSE PADILLA ELENA KAGAN WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HILLARY CLINTON Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was t... CLIFF SLOAN CLIFF STEARNS It's a victory for the government in a narrow sense, because their strategy was to keep the Supreme ... JOSEPH ONEK Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision. And as... ERIC SCHAEFFER The Supreme Court is going to have to hear this. I think if the plaintiffs are entitled to an accoun... JAY BENDER I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal g... KEN CUCCINELLI Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be fo... ALBERT J. NOCK What I wanted to do all my career was represent real people and real businesses in court. The reason... GENE HALLMAN JOHN ROBERTS Our viewpoint is that we fully expected the jury to come back with an amount of money like this. The... BILL PECORIELLO It is obvious that members of the Senate on both sides of the aisle really are troubled by the way t... BARRY FRIEDMAN CRAIG VENTER The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court of the land. We do not ignore what they tell us. The cou... CRAIG WATERS JULIE ANDREWS The Court has slapped Congress and treated them worse than an administrative agency. BERYL HOWELL for whatever I have to do on court as an 18-year-old. SANIA MIRZA DIANE CHAMBERLAIN The language of the court decisions on the topic is quite frightening, ... One appellate court said ... CARLOS GOMEZ GERMANY KENT JOHN ASHCROFT The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. , FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN'S "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE" We lost an extraordinary judge, an extraordinary member of the Supreme Court, someone who has had a ... TOM DASCHLE The Supreme Court of the United States has held that a public body or a deliberative body who choose... KIRK GASPERECZ I think she should consider it. I think her nomination is a mistake. She doesn't have the intellectu... BILL KRISTOL JOHN ROBERTS I do not think this will affect the outlook of foreign investors in the Philippines, because the Sup... GABRIEL CLAUDIO [The Washington-based Environmental Integrity project reported this week that in the past few months... ERIC SCHAEFFER I think the bill is quite clearly unconstitutional. I believe the Supreme Court has already ruled do... CLAIRE EBEL I think it is a real phenomenon, and it's because of the new chief. As the court begins to define it... RICHARD LAZARUS Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court... BILL KRISTOL MICHAEL CRICHTON The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, and I take th... BILL NELSON JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no righ... JACQUES COUSTEAU This is a democracy not an anarchy. We have a system in the country to change rules. When you are on... ROBERT STUTMAN PAT BUCHANAN At the heart of the controversy in these cases are those recurring pregnancies that pose no danger w... BYRON R. WHITE I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of ... BENJAMIN TUCKER JOHN MCENROE They are much more the skills of a successful politician than a nominee. Remember Ginsburg, Souter, ... FRANK GREER JOHN CORNYN It's been a long time since anyone has gone to the court with this much experience as a Supreme Cour... RICHARD LAZARUS If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that cap... DICK CHENEY We didn't kill them. The court sentenced them to death. There is a huge difference between killing a... BARZAN IBRAHIM This is going to be resolved by the Florida Supreme Court promptly, and what I think is that will be... DAVID BOIES I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans an... SHIMON PERES This court has been very aggressive in defining the bounds of the other branches, and Congress in pa... DAVID GARROW This court has been very aggressive in defining the bounds of the other branches, and Congress in pa... DAVID GARROW '2016' is based on an experiment: what if you let Obama do it himself? That experiment is ne... DINESH D'SOUZA I think if I had been on the court against UNLV, we might have come out with a win. But everything h... BRYANT MARKSON He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of aconstitutional amendment to protect the un... DOUGLAS JOHNSON The court and studies say we have an achievement gap. What got us to this point is a Supreme Court d... DIANE GJERSTAD There has never been a time in our military history where an enemy combatant or prisoner of war has ... LINDSAY GRAHAM He's incredible and he's Hispanic, ... and I think the Democrats saw that and thought, 'The reason h... JAY JORGENSEN JOHN ROBERTS SONIA SOTOMAYOR I think Carmelo is a great player. He makes players around him better. Whatever thing, whatever Carm... KRISTAPS PORZINGIS The Illinois Supreme Court has hit a homer. It empowers good judges to do what they always wanted to... BOB DOWNS FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE JOHN MADDEN Today is a shameful day in the history of American jurisprudence. Today the U.S. Supreme Court has s... BARBARA BECNEL Today is a shameful day in the history of American jurisprudence, ... Today the U.S. Supreme Court h... BARBARA BECNEL Recreational marijuana use is a fact of life nowadays. It doesn't stop Supreme Court justices from g... MARK ZAID George W. Bush sided against people with disabilities in an important Supreme Court case. Now that h... DOUGLAS HATTAWAY It was a big relief for me. Our team needs to make a push and I think with both of us being healthy ... JOLENE ANDERSON His answer was, 'I am concerned with judicial independence. Congress can prescribe standards, but wh... RON WYDEN I think the time has come that [abortion] needs to be brought before the Supreme Court -- simply bec... JULIE BARTLING VENUS WILLIAMS I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figurat... SUSAN ESTRICH There have been times when Democratic presidents picked Republican Fed chairmen and vice versa. I do... ALLEN JACOBSON I've always understood that appointments to the Supreme Court were for a lifetime, but an appointmen... BYRON DORGAN It goes back to the district court, where he has to decide whether to grant an injunction. Is there ... RICHARD TURNER That's not what the Florida Supreme Court said. That's not the only reading of the Florida Supreme C... ELIZABETH GARRETT The U.S. Supreme Court can strike down acts of the legislature as unconstitutional, which is not tru... RICHARD LAZARUS He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of aDOUGLAS JOHNSON That took the kind of courage and determination you want on the Supreme Court, LEONARD LEO Congress now has the ball in their court. DR. LEO TRASANDE If you look at his performance, his education, his attainments, that is the kind of person who has t... KENT CONRAD He has a chance to do some big things in this game. He's a great player. He just needs to work hard ... DARRYL FEEMSTER There is a line and that line has been pushed, perhaps in this game, but according to the umpires th... CHRIS BROAD The last thing I'm going to do is run around town trying to tell anybody that darts is going to be t... MICHAEL DAVIES DAVID SOUTER NATHANIEL BRANDEN [The Human Rights Watch said it hoped the Supreme Court would uphold the station's claim that the ba... BRAD ADAMS PATRICK LEAHY ANTHONY T. HINCKS DIANNE FEINSTEIN SIR ARTHUR EDDINGTON The Supreme Court has ignored our Constitution. ZELL MILLER DEE DEE MYERS We like to play full-court defense, but we can play half-court, too. I don't think Hughes Springs ha... DUANE JOUBERT
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BOBBY MEACHAM It's old-timer's weekend. I'll probably see him then. BOBBY MEACHAM He knows I was the guy who just kept coming back and screwing things up, so he had to send me back. ... BOBBY MEACHAM I was gone, down to Double-A. Not even Triple-A. You just kind of learned real quick from dealing wi... BOBBY MEACHAM I was one of those guys he'd sit down with and put his arm around. We talked.... Until you messed up... BOBBY MEACHAM I wasn't treated great by any means, but the fans treated me fair and the press treated me fair. I w... BOBBY MEACHAM We were quicker in the second half. This team really likes to pressure. When we don't take chances, ... DOUG MEACHAM He's a good shooter and he's been getting better through the year. DOUG MEACHAM He's a great shooter and he's been getting better through the year. He's been getting beat up by (Au... DOUG MEACHAM (Olsen) got a lot of second chances. He played above himself tonight, and had great energy. DOUG MEACHAM Defense is how we've won games all year long. We had to tighten the pressure in the second half. DOUG MEACHAM He's our spark plug in our defense. That was the difference, having him come in and give us that mom... DOUG MEACHAM He's so strong and so athletic that he can guard anyone, regardless of how big they are. He can defe... DOUG MEACHAM He's really physical, and because of his size he has a great ability to disrupt the dribble. And bec... DOUG MEACHAM To come away with a road win in a game in which we committed 24 turnovers and shot poorly from the f... DOUG MEACHAM We lost our composure a little bit in the end, but that's kind of what you get sometimes with player... DOUG MEACHAM No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even l... JON CORZINE If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you. JON HUERTAS JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART Ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential,' I saw a little light bulb go off. Being a chef is ... JON FAVREAU I've been fascinated by the world ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential' by Anthony Bo... JON FAVREAU JON PARDI I was 22 and had worked on Wall Street for a year, and quit my job. I bought a motorcycle and sort o... JON FAVREAU I'm not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good. JON HEDER One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each sol... JON KYL JON PARDI All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credi... JON TENNEY I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. JON LANDAU Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really... JON FAVREAU I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon ... JON TENNEY JON VOIGHT When it comes to celebrities and tabloids, to me that is a bummer. That's a little disappointing... JON FAVREAU JON PORTER When Iron Man's flying, we'd send real planes up to do the choreography so that we'd get... JON FAVREAU People selling content internationally need to be highly focused on selling the right product to the... JON FELTHEIMER JON PORTER JON KATZ When the Beatles wrote 'Paperback Writer,' it couldn't have been the same old thing. You... JON BATISTE I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said t... JON FISHMAN JON ENGLISH 'Just looking at pictures' used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is b... 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JON TENNEY Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their... JON LANDAU It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything els... JON LANDAU I held top-secret security clearance. JON OSSOFF
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American pub... 
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps... 
Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. 
There is a block on the Supreme Court, that I think would be confirmed if we are not successful in t... 
The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that t... 
I think it's important to adhere to that ... if these questions come before me, either on the court ... 
We're a country of laws and rules, and the Supreme Court has ruled that life forms are patentabl... 
There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is a... 
FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! It states “the Gover... 
Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
Tragically, this decision of the court to reverse Congress' prohibition of 'virtual' child pornograp... 
The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a sing... 
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no righ... 
Unless you are willing to change that Supreme Court and make it a pro-life constitutionalist court, ... 
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. Bu... 
But the fact is more than 40 Supreme Court justices were nominated and confirmed to that position wi... 
I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of th... 
A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with trut... 
There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade ... 
All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the ... 
I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I d... 
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological ac... 
The U.S. Supreme Court has looked at this, the Florida Supreme Court has looked at this. Basically t... 
Everyone has a gift.
I can't be a Californian and believe that every member of the Supreme Court has to come out of Harva... 
For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It... 
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or s... 
Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birt... 
With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our... 
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President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much o... 
If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you don't have a regime. 
'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop an... 
I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that ... 
There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision maki... 
Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursin... 
Owners who buy aggressive dogs for security may be kidding themselves: The chances that the victim o... 
I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer. 
A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... 
I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radic... 
Happiness [is] only real when shared 
Yeah, that's the ticket. 
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With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperativ... 
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