"Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or of any law reform, is reckoned in decades usually; in years, at least. And, after all, as the Court itself asserted in overruling the minimum-wage cases, it may not be the Constitution that was at fault."

-- Robert H. Jackson

#Years Quotes #Law Quotes #Gestation Quotes

“When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.”
“If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and "criminal," for, in the strength to set standards, resides the strength to maintain control.”
“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”
“I'm so exhausted and yet I feel like I'll never sleep again.”
“It's scary how easy promises were broken.”
“Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!”
“That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. "My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child." I stopped.”
“Players get a window of opportunity.Â Quarterbacks, specifically, usually get one.”

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