...reckon him one of the worst enemies of the community who will talk lightly of the dignity of the bench. We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution...liberty and of our property under the Constitution. I do not want to see any direct assault upon the courts, nor do I want to see any indirect assault...

...reckon him one of the worst enemies of the community who will talk lightly of the dignity of the bench. We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution...liberty and of our property under the Constitution. I do not want to see any direct assault upon the courts, nor do I want to see any indirect assault...

...reckon him one of the worst enemies of the community who will talk lightly of the dignity of the bench. We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution...liberty and of our property under the Constitution. I do not want to see any direct assault upon the courts, nor do I want to see any indirect assault...

...constitutional system. Chief Justice Hughes is doubtless bored by the constant repetition of his epigram "We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is." It is a practical man's appraisal of the realities of the constitutional system under which we live....

...of the Supreme Court of telling us what the Constitution means. As Chief Justice Hughes once said, "We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is." The Supreme Court exercises the all-important power of judicial review — the power to declare void...

...him one of the worst enemies of the community which will talk lightly of the dignity of the bench. We are under a constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say It Comma — and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution....

...successor of Justice Brewer, Mr. Hughes had spoken the capable words quoted at the outset of this volume, "We are under a constitution, but the Constitution Is what the judges sny it is." And when you say that this incisive statement describes with accuracy not only an achieved...

...Pentateuch, Deuteronomy 17:11; Ran, iMi,198-199. Cf. the statements made by (1) Justice Charles Evans Hughes, "We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is..." (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 14th ed., 864), and (2) Justice Robert Jackson, "We are not final...

...of property rights in American society. The Constitutional Rise, Fall, and Rise of Property Rights We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution...liberty and of our property under the Constitution. — Charles Evans Hughes The judiciary has played an ongoing and important role in the articulation...

...77 J. ev ew remarks made by Charles Evans Hughes have received as much attention as his comment that "we are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is." Coming from a Supreme Court chief justice, the statement sounds rather arrogant and power-hungry. But...