The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal ...
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.
Now be it known, That I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty do, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof...
Nothing in life is easy, even Santa comes with a clause
I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.
I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.
when selling your soul it's important to remember that there is no buy back clause in the contract
If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause.
I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.
Your faith in -the Tinkering Man- has one fatal flaw. It offers you no escape clause.
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
Turning into a vampire is like signing a supernatural contract and like any contract, there are clauses. And there is the fine print.
If the baby is sick, you won't find me showing up to play my gigs. If I have a contract, there is going to be a clause in that contract saying that if the baby is sick I will not appear.
In addition the bill would expand an existing law 'conscience clause' that protects physician training programs that refuse to provide training for abortion procedures.
When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment.
