If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.
Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.
I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.
A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.