Laurence Tribe: Constitution

Laurence Tribe is American lawyer and law school professor. Explore interesting quotes on constitution.

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“[I]mpeachment does not require proof of a crime... The argument that only criminal offenses are impeachable is deeply and profoundly wrong. It misunderstands the Constitution, U.S. history, and the nature of criminal law in important ways.”

To End a Presidency (2018)

“[T]he "dormant Commerce Clause" [is] a set of unwritten constitutional principles limiting state commercial regulation in the face of congressional silence coupled with the Constitution’s delegation to Congress of the power to regulate interstate commerce.”

Source: Soundings and Silences (2016)

“[M]uch of what our Supreme Court does involves filling in the "great silences of the Constitution"...”

Soundings and Silences (2016)

“"[C]onstitutional silence"... pervades all of constitutional law.”

Soundings and Silences (2016)

“[M]any of the most important Supreme Court decisions take the form of holding that a particular limit either has not been exceeded or, more fundamentally, that the asserted limit is not in fact part of the Constitution at all.”

Soundings and Silences (2016)

“[T]here are plenty of things besides private action that the Constitution is "not about."”

Soundings and Silences (2016)

“My interest is less in what's invisible "around" the Constitution than in what is invisible within it.”

The Invisible Constitution (2008), Distinguishing "The Constitution" from "Constitutional Law"

“So the written Constitution, the one we can see, fails to tell us just what's in it and what's not.”

The Invisible Constitution (2008), Identifying "The Constitution"

“[A]ttempts to treat constitutional doctrine neutrally elide important questions and obscure available answers.”

American Constitutional Law (1978), Preface to the First Edition