Jay Sekulow Quotations

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue.

We're hopeful the high court will determine that the national ban is not only proper, but constitutional as well.

With the new make-up of the high court, we are encouraged that the Justices will determine that the government does have a vital and compelling interest in preventing the spread of the practice of abortion into infanticide.

left open the possibility that we will see a marriage statute in Vermont that will impact this kind of arrangement or this kind of relationship.

Should parents be notified if a minor's going to have an abortion? Of course our answer is that they should be notified.

If they're going to take the dollars from the federal government then the federal government has a right to have its recruiters on campus.

for speech that was a ... secular message or an invocation. So it's neutral on its face. It says, 'Say whatever you want to say.'

It could be someone outside of the legal judicial field like a Larry Thompson, or it could be a senator.

I think we hit our stride this week.

I think this is going to become a state-by-state issue, with legislation in 49 states -- not all in favor of assisted suicide.

While the court did not address the merits of the case, it is clear that the Pledge of Allegiance and the words 'under God' can continue to be recited by students across America.

We believe the court should dismiss this lawsuit, which has no basis in fact and presents another flawed attempt to use the legal system for remove a legitimate reference to the religious heritage of our country.

The Supreme Court got it right in determining that the appeals court went too far by declaring the parental notification law in New Hampshire unconstitutional. Parents have a critical role to play in the health and well being of their children, especially when considering an abortion.

Some social conservatives don't know her. When they get to know her over the coming weeks, I think they will be very pleased.

This is an important victory for the military and ultimately for our national security.

This is an important move by the Air Force to protect the free-speech rights of chaplains to pray according to their faith. We are delighted that the Air Force has clarified this issue and has moved to protect the rights of chaplains in a manner that is both appropriate and constitutional.

This is a major victory for the pro-life community and removes a cloud that has been hanging over pro-life demonstrations for years.

This is the most closely divided court in Supreme Court history. This is the swing vote. Everybody, right, left and center knows what is at stake here.

They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade . That isn't even the right question. I don't even know of a case in the (court) system that addresses it.

At a time when our military is trying to attract the best and the brightest of our young people, it makes no sense to bar recruiters from college campuses--especially when federal funds are used to support these schools.

All of us who were supporting the White House on this expressed that we have a job here; this isn't a cakewalk,

This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your church next.

In short, ISIS is composed of religiously motivated psychopaths,

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.

As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed.

You watch the Supreme Court in action on these cases, and they are a conflicted court. However, when it comes to speech issues generally, the court has been protective.

It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.

We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination.

The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America.

So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed, and that's what the President has done, but getting them through is the challenge.

If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion.

You are the first President to whom the opportunity was ever offered constitutionally to inaugurate such a day. If you fail us now, you may be the last.

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well.

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it really is a moral view, and that is that the taking of life is not the way to handle even the most significant of crimes...Who amongst anyone is not above redemption? I think we have to be careful in executing final judgment. The one thing my faith teaches me-I don't get to play God. I think you are short-cutting the whole process of redemption...I don't want to be the person that stops that process from taking place.

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.

The term religious cleansing is an accurate and effective way of expressing the current hostility and bigotry toward all civic expressions of religion... these religious cleansers use political and legal means of containment. They are America's new anti-faith bigots.

The way I understand it is the communists are in, the atheists are in, the agnostics are in, but religion is out.

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.

Even though our society is increasingly pluralistic, we must ensure an equal playing field rather than a religiously cleansed arena where people of faith are no longer welcome.

Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord.

Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life.