Jed S. Rakoff

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.

American Judge

Scott Pruitt

The greatest threat we've had to economic growth has been that those in industry don't know what is expected of them. Rules come that are outside of statutes. Rules get changed midway. It creates vast uncertainty and paralysis, and re-establishing a vigorous commitment to rule of law is going to help a lot.

American Politician

Clarence Thomas

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute, we aggressively go after it. But we don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that.

Saint Bernard

For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.

Saint

John Kennedy

The federal election statutes are primarily meant to be civil. That doesn't mean that you can't have a criminal violation of the FEC provisions, but that's just my personal opinion.

American Lawyer

John L. Lewis

If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.

American Leader

Ephraim Mirvis

All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.

South African Clergyman

Sandra Day O'Connor

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Abraham Lincoln

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

American President

Louie Gohmert

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

Statute refers to laws that are written and officially recorded, not informal or customary laws.

Written Law

Statutes are created through formal governmental or legislative action.

Government Action

Certain phrases like 'by statute' or 'under statute' indicate legal obligation or compliance.

Fixed Phrases

Statutes can refer to individual rules within larger legislative documents.

Legal Structure

Understanding the context in which a statute is used helps comprehend its specific meaning and application.

Contextual Importance

When referred to in legal documents, statutes imply precise and detailed rules.

Legal Document

 actually angled so the statues are leaning very far forward to degree to which they actually can't stand up on their own you have to actually prop them backwards to keep them standing in contrast the statues that are on the platform are actually straight up and down and have a great center of mass that makes them very stable which again what you would want to have a statute

Terry Hunt and Carl...

 to spread it out, to spread the funder influence so that we restore the idea of dependence upon the people alone. And to do this does not require a constitutional amendment, changing the First Amendment. To do this would require a single statute, a statute establishing what we think of

We the People, and the...

 The master, following a strict set of guild statutes, insured that apprentices and journeymen worked their way up the ranks over many years of practice and well-defined stages of accomplishment, passing established traditions to the next generation. Patrons regarded these makers

Is there a difference...

 destroy the evidence before the statute of limitation runs out or notify survivors what their rights are so they have resources or create a task force with key stakeholders so that everyone can assess the effectiveness of these policies look these rights can even help

Re-writing laws to help...

 spread it out to spread the funder influence so that we restore the idea of dependence upon the people alone and to do this does not require a constitutional amendment changing the first amendment to do this we require a single statute a statute establishing

 when they're not cabined in by statutes or constitutions, and a writ of habeus corpus is called the Great Writ, capital G, capital W, and it's meant to protect any of us who are detained against our will. A writ of habeus corpus is issued.

Chimps have feelings and...

 seek common ground across those divisions. Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes. Taken together, these ideals propose

The rise of modern...

 to use the authority under the statute to stop liar's loans. And this was a matter first of dogma. They're just horrifically opposed to anything regulatory. But it is also the international competition in laxity,

How to rob a bank (from...

 to enact a national statute, but just a handful of committed activists can make changes in their community. And we already see a deluge of state and local protections, including a bill I helped write,

The Shift We Need to...

 to their own genetic children. It's time for the law to change. Here in Colorado, our lone egg and sperm donation statute has the language