Constitutional Issue Quotes



Turley was a strong supporter of the nomination of John Ashcroft as George W. Bush’s Attorney General in 2000. However, after Ashcroft was confirmed and in office, he came up with a plan for government detention (concentration) camps where he claimed the authority to hold suspects indefinitely without charges or trial. Turley withdrew his support and endorsement, and became one of Ashcroft’s major critics.


Johnson, fundamentally an inveterate racist, tried to kill all attempts at protecting Negro rights after the Civil War. Congress rewrote the Bill to obtain enough signatures and then passed it over the President’s Veto later in the year.


Despite Ziglar’s and other officials pointing out the illegality, illegal sweeps and arrests were made without warrants or constitutional requirements.