Legal Oversight Quotes

Any bureaucracy must be restrained by law.

Our Constitution in many situations rightly demands a warrant or order before we take investigative steps. And the FISC provides that vital, independent oversight.

A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory.

No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected.

As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse.

Troops fighting for their lives should not have to ask a lawyer sitting in air conditioning 500 miles away for permission to drop a bomb.

The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

Over the last few years, we have seen too many politicians disregard the Constitution as they voted to increase the size and scope of government. I will use my legal experience gained as a federal attorney to hold them accountable.

I guess the next Attorney General is going to have to figure that out. I don't know if that will be me or not, but the next Attorney General would have to figure that out [ if Hillary Clinton has violated the law].

Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.

No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight - by Congress, for example - by 'pre-clearing' the president in advance.

In some cases, Justice Department leaders can supervise investigations despite having personal knowledge about the entities involved.

The Attorney General is not above the law.

Who judges the judge who judges wrong?

The notion of making everything we do, even in our bedroom, subject to litigation and courts, is a horrifying possibility.

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.

Who can judge the judge?

The only way to stop courts from misbehaving is a political battle.

The most fundamental question of all the legitimacy of judicial review itself.

The appointment of a special counsel, I think, helps assure people and the Justice Department that they are going to go do their jobs independently and thoroughly, which is what we called for all along.

No one is above the law; no one is beneath the law…. No person in America is above the law and that includes the President and the Supreme Court…. Neither the President or anybody else can override a law that is Constitutional.

I would like to think that the level of aggressiveness in law enforcement will remain the same, when you're talking about things like keeping the markets fair and government honest. I don't foresee any departure from that, unless I'm missing something big.

Tapping of phones is a serious business and has to be authenticated by requisite authorities on valid grounds.