Raoul Berger Quotes
The Constitution is simply a sign that says “keep off the grass.”
Raoul Berger, 1901-2000, Constitutional & Legal Historian, Quoted by Louis Wilson Ingram, C-SPAN The Conservative Caucus, September 18, 2006
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In a 1949 dissenting opinion in Terminiello v. Chicago Jackson claimed the majority view would “convert the Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.”
When President Grover Cleveland balked at introducing legislation that might be unconstitutional, he was asked:
The English Constitution is not as binding on the English government as is the Amercan Constitution. In the English system, the government in power can override the constitution although the rarely do so out of respect for the system. In America, the Constitution is much more controlling and hence would be seen to count for more. In many third world countries, the ruler can “suspend” the constitution in a national emergency.
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Raoul Berger was an American attorney and professor at The University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, he was the Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History. He is known for his role in the development of originalism.
