Statutory Limitations Quotes

No society can make a perpetual constitution or even a perpetual law.

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person's actions and how similar situations have been handled in the past.

All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.

I always said that in a country where a legislature, its sessions limited by statute, could alter reality by turning back the clock (I actually saw this done, once, with a long pole pushing on the hour hand), any travesty was possible. I see nothing lately to prove me wrong.

Malpractice tort reform can be something as commonsensical as the establishment of medical courts - similar to bankruptcy or admiralty courts - with special judges to make determinations in cases brought by parties claiming injury.

The EPA has a history of overreaching its authority.

Regulators will issue regulations until someone says no.

I am in favor of short statutes of limitations in politics.

Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.

statutory regulations, legislative enactments, constitutional provisions, are invasive. They never yet induced man to do anything he could and would not do by virtue of his intellect or temperament, nor prevented anything that man was impelled to do by the same dictates.

However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority.