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I am charged with violating pledges which I never gave; and because I execute what I believe to be the law, with usurping powers not conferred by law; and above all, with using the powers conferred upon the President by the Constitution, from corrupt motives and for unwarrantable ends.

I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the president bypass the separation of powers.

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.

I don't believe in altering the Constitution.

It was an egregious violation of the American Constitution. We were innocent American citizens, and we were imprisoned simply because we happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. It shows us just how fragile our Constitution is.

It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.

I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it.