“It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.” StatesLawUnitedUnited StatesPolicyCriminalsTortureCriminal Law Author:John Yoo
“Since the president's [Barack Obama] lost all of that [majority in Senate], he now has decided he's just going to write laws on his own. He's going to give us edicts, as if he's a king. And that is a petulant child. He's refusing to listen to the will of the American people, which is they reject his policies.” PeopleIfsGivingWritingChildrenLawLostPresidentPolicyKingsDecidedMajorityBarackRejectsSenate Author:Chris Christie
“Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has been pursuing its policies for its own sake and not according to many of the principles that it claims are its own - democracy, self-determination, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, international law.” ThinkingFeelsHas BeensSelfStatesLawDesireUnitedAttentionPrinciplesUnited StatesDemocracyPolicySpeechDeterminationClaimsSakeInternationalSelf DeterminationFreedom Of SpeechAssemblyInternational LawFreedom Of Assembly Author:Edward Said
“There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.” LawWishLeaderHappenedPolicyHappeningsThings HappenImmigrationAcknowledgeImmigration Policy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of great consequence about the scope of the president's authority to act in implementing the immigration laws in this way and you have a one-line decision from the court affirming by an equally-divided court, it's an inevitable consequence of where we are.” PeopleWayFactsLawPresidentLinesDecisionMillionsPolicyAuthorityConsequenceCourtImmigrationInevitableDividedScopeAffirmingOne LineImplementingImmigration Laws Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.” StatesJobsLawPresidentPolicyJudgingMembersCongressRegulationGovernorsLegislators Author:Mike DeWine
“Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using techniques that are horribly destructive. We know they don't work. We know it's not sustainable.” KnowsLawToo MuchPolicyOceanTechniqueFavorsDestructiveRegulationRules And Regulations Author:Sylvia Earle
“If somebody prefers to work by means of sanctions, he is welcome to do so. But sanctions are a temporary measure. Firstly, they contradict the international law. Secondly, tell me where this policy of sanctions proved to be effective. The answer is nowhere.” IfsMeanLawAnswersPolicyInternationalWelcomeTemporarySanctionsInternational Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination.” HumansEndsLawPathRightsViolenceEconomicMilitaryPolicyPoliceInternationalHuman RightsWelcomeRegimesTransformedForeign PolicyCitizenshipDominationInternational LawRegime ChangePolice Violence Author:Jill Stein
“I'm very careful not to isolate Israel on this but to make this part of a transformed foreign policy where we apply the same standards across the board. So it's not just Israel. It's also Saudi Arabia, it's also Egypt. It's where there are massive and systemic violations of human rights and international law.” HumansLawRightsPolicyStandardsInternationalHuman RightsCarefulIsraelBoardsMassiveTransformedForeign PolicyEgyptViolationArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisInternational LawViolation Of Human Rights Author:Jill Stein
“I saw in the Nineties that we were increasing police power with get tough policies and 3 strikes laws, but without additional oversights.” LawSawsPolicyToughPoliceStrikesOversightPolice Power Author:Van Jones
“His [Donald Trump] urban policy is stop and frisk, law and order. And we need investment and development.” NeedsLawOrderPolicyDevelopmentTrumpInvestmentUrbanLaw And OrderStop And Frisk Author:Jesse Jackson
“You can see our media appearances as well as connect to Our Power to the People Agenda, Our Green New Deal, our plan to abolish student debt and our plan to actually create a whole new foreign policy based on international law and human rights.” PeopleHumansWellsWholeLawDealsRightsPlansMediaPolicyStudentsGreenInternationalHuman RightsAppearanceDebtAgendasForeign PolicyAbolishInternational LawNew Deal Author:Jill Stein
“You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed a law to that effect. You want to end poverty and when people see how relatively easy it is to end poverty. And one way is to increase the minimum wage: catch up; it's been frozen for so many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsBelieveEndsLawEasyPartyPovertyEffectsPolicyIncreaseMajorityDemocraticEmploymentOne WayMinimumFrozenDemocratic PartyMinimum WageJill Stein Author:Ralph Nader