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The Black Panthers was what we would call today a criminal gang that was formed by Huey Newton. Now, interestingly enough, I knew Huey Newton before he formed the Black Panthers. He was a student of mine when I was a teacher, instructor at Oakland City College back in the very early 1960s.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Back Before Black Call City College Criminal Early Enough Formed Gang He Instructor Interestingly Knew Mine Newton Now Oakland Student Teacher Today Very Would 1960S

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In most countries, you have a monarch or some other principal person to whom its officers and its military swear their allegiance. Our officials in this country and our military swear allegiance to the Constitution. We say that when we say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Allegiance Constitution Countries Country Flag Military Monarch Most Officers Officials Other Our Person Pledge Principal Say Some Swear Whom You

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Pastors can lead the way in motivating the faithful to wise stewardship of their citizenship responsibilities. Without a healthy culture and civil society, limited government and ordered liberty will be impossible.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Citizenship Civil Civil Society Culture Faithful Government Healthy Impossible Lead Liberty Limited Limited Government Motivating Ordered Pastors Responsibilities Society Stewardship Way Will Wise Without

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An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Advice Expert Gives He Home Implementing Miles More Responsibility Shows Slides Somebody Than Who

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The United States is in a time of transition. Courts have redefined marriage, and beliefs about human sexuality are changing. Will the right to dissent be protected? Will the right of Americans to speak and act in accord with what the United States had always believed about marriage - that it's a union of husband and wife - be tolerated?

~Edwin Meese

Topics: About Accord Act Always American Beliefs Believed Changing Courts Dissent Had Human Husband Husband And Wife Marriage Protected Right Sexuality Speak States Time Tolerated Transition Union United United States Wife Will

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As Alexander Hamilton said in 'The Federalist Papers,' law is about the exercise of judgment and not will. Judicial activism is best understood as substituting judicial opinion for the command of law. The law is not an infinitely malleable tool.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: About Activism Alexander Best Command Exercise Federalist Hamilton Infinitely Judgment Judicial Law Opinion Papers Said Tool Understood Will

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Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Alexander Being Branch Conception Confine Dangerous Demands Democracy Elected Governed Influence Job Judges Judiciary Late Least Leave Legislators Narrow Our Play Proper Representatives Role Sphere Themselves Why World

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Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Becoming Club Country Fast Nicaragua Terrorist

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A written constitution guides and directs the application of law in a way utterly unlike oral guidance. It reminds us that the certainty and consistency of legal application is essential.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Application Certainty Consistency Constitution Essential Guidance Guides Law Legal Oral Reminds Unlike Us Utterly Way Written

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The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Accept Appeal Astonishing Could Decision Everyone Judgments Which Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: December 2nd, 1931

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