Justice Hugo L. Black Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The layman's constitutional view is
that what he likes is constitutional and
that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional."

by:	Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice
Source:	New York Times, 26 February 1971
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Categories:	Constitution, Ignorance, Justice, Knowledge, Law, Rights
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The U.S. Supreme Court must be a bunch of laymen, since they apparently don't understand the 5th amendment which states in part "...nor shall private property be taken for public use...". Considering the U.S. is a Republic, they are acting very socialist, or even comunist. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
Your right Joe. I wonder who we are. I think we need to be the jurists and judge a few of them incompetent. -- warren, olathe
Congress does have the power to impeach them. -- warren, olathe