3,047 Quotes About Law

He said that "strict constructionists" who would abide by the exact wording of the Constitution would "explain away the constitution of our country, and leave it a magnificent structure, indeed, to look at, but totally unfit for use.

Freeman was a damn good prosecutor but in my view she didn’t play fair. A trial was supposed to be a spirited contesting of facts and evidence. Both sides with equal footing in the law and the rules of the game. But using the rules to hide or withhold facts and evidence was the routine with Freeman. She liked a tiled game. She didn’t carry the light. She didn’t even see the light.

Search warrants designate a specific window of time during which the search must take place. Afterward, police must in a timely manner file a document with the court called a search-warrant return that lists exactly what was seized. It is then the judge’s responsibility to review the seizure to make sure that the police acted within the parameters of the warrant.

It was during my explanation to my young daughter that I finally realized why I had been drawn to this particular practice of law. Yes, some of my clients were just gaming the system. They were charlatans no better than the banks they were taking on. But some of mu clients were downtrodden and disadvantaged. They were true underdogs in society and I wanted to stand for them and keep them in their homes for as long as I possibly could.

Law and order are always and everywhere the law and order which protect the established hierarchy.

If a Justice does not do justice, it is the idiot raping of the law.

The primary focus of a cop should be to marry the justice In the hands of law not to masturbate the justice in his hands

Anyone can bend a judge's or jury's will with bravado, but to do it on paper--in black and white--that takes a particular kind of artistry. It's truth in poetry.

Most of my interactions with law enforcement have been toxic.