"King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience." ― Constance Baker Motley Topic(s): Legal More From Constance Baker Motley "We Americans entered a new phase in our history – the era of integration – in 1954." "The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society." "I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has." More In Legal "Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law."― Cass Sunstein "Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen."― Paul Ricoeur "Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."― Andrew Johnson