Laurence Tribe: Power

Laurence Tribe is American lawyer and law school professor. Explore interesting quotes on power.
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“[W]e’re skeptical that so-called "impeachment precedent" commands deference apart from its power to persuade future generations. Congress isn’t bound by its own prior decisions.”

Laurence Tribe

To End a Presidency (2018)

Future , Decision

“[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.”

Laurence Tribe

Source: Soundings and Silences (2016)

Silence

“This book must... touch... deep and difficult questions about birth and death... life and its inception... sexuality and gender, about distribution of power.”

Laurence Tribe

Source: Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew

Question , Death , Books , Life

“[I]t is largely because I find all exercises of power by some over others—even with what passes for the latter's consent—are and must remain deeply problematic, that I find all legitimating theories not simply amusing in their pretensions but... as dangerous as they are convincing.”

Laurence Tribe

Source: Constitutional Choices (1985), The Nature of the Enterprise, The Futile Search for Legitimacy

Exercises

“That all lawful power derives from the people and must be held in check to preserve their freedom is the oldest and central tenet of American constitutionalism. ...[I]t was believed that personal freedom could be secured more effectively by decentralization than by express command.”

Laurence Tribe

Source: American Constitutional Law (1978), Approaches to Constituitonal Analysis

Freedom , Personality , People , Law

“The models... (I) separated and divided powers; (II) implied limitations of government; (III) settled expectations; (IV) governmental regularity (V) preferred rights; (VI) equal protection; and (VII) structural justice.”

Laurence Tribe

American Constitutional Law (1978), Approaches to Constituitonal Analysis

Justice

“[A] Bill of Rights directed against federal abuses was thought necessary in addition to the separation and division of powers...”

Laurence Tribe

Source: American Constitutional Law (1978), Approaches to Constituitonal Analysis

“[T]he woman's right to decide for herself... is now subject to regulation, and possibly even prohibition, by our elected representatives. ...Even as the public agenda is stretched to address... questions as the right to die, no issue threatens to divide us politically in... as powerful a way as the abortion issue...”

Laurence Tribe

Source: Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew

Way , Question