Jurisdiction Quotes

Jurisdiction Quote of the day

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.

Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.

A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity.

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects, beyond which it cannot extend its jurisdiction.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.

The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.

It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.

O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.

The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot.

The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.

The board transported its jurisdiction to a never-never land where a Dorothy of the new millennium might exclaim: "They still call it Kansas, but I don't think we're in the real world anymore."

It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and to restore property taken by force within its limits.

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does?

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states.

Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand Arizona's right to assert concurrent jurisdiction.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

The earth therefore is not Gods jurisdiction. It is man’ jurisdiction. The earth is man’s domain. Man therefore is responsible for what transpires here.

God has chosen to make the heavens his jurisdiction while at the same time he himself makes it very clear that the earth has been given to man as man’s sphere of influence.

Even though God rules in the affairs of men, yet the earth is not God’s jurisdiction.

The earth therefore is not Gods jurisdiction. It is man’ jurisdiction.