Michael Newdow Quotes

We need more justices who will uphold the Constitution, follow the rule of law, and protect our Montana way of life.

The Constitution has a good share of deliberately open-ended guarantees, like rights to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and freedom from unreasonable searches.

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

Can I suggest that the sheriff and the district attorney, in the lunch break, go out and read the Constitution.

Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything that is not law, whatever shape is may assume.

We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

You have a good judicial system in the U.S., as you have learned from the Nixon-Watergate period.

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

It's a very frightening time when something as basic as due process is seen as somehow radical.

Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

The American people must be able to trust that their courts and law enforcement will uphold, protect, and defend their constitutional rights.

There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.

Under our Constitution, if you're a bad citizen, you're still a citizen; that's the way we roll.

We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws.

I just want to believe that, as a citizen in this country, that I have equal protection under the law and that I can have a situation assessed fairly, that people can look at it, and that a court of law can determine what the outcome is.

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

I believe I am strengthening the Constitution with my case.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built.

Our country is wounded and bleeding now if we don't know whether or not habeas corpus exists.

It is my privilege to have introduced House Resolution 1612 honoring the Constitution of the United States, and the freedoms and rights it has given to every American.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

Such a trial is not only unlawful but is a gross blunder in policy. It denies the great, fundamental principle, that ours is a government of Law, and that the law is strong enough to rule the people wisely and well.