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In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.

Antonin Scalia

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
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Majority Right Worth
But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets of our cities.
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Believe Hands Ourselves Soldier
This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.
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Knowledge Myself Weird
Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
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Bed Burn Room Sanity
A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
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Basement Journey Machine Purpose
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.
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Acceptance Argument Encouragement Myself Sexuality
Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.
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Busy Case Constitution Country Day Recognition
[If critics of the Pledge of Allegiance persuaded the public it should be changed] then we could eliminate under God from the Pledge of Allegiance, that could be democratically done.
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Change Democracy Elimination God
The wise do not investigate such silliness.
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Investigation Silly Weird Wisdom
It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.
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Constitution Difficult Illusion Invention Maintain Oneself
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to ‘do what the people want,’ instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.
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Agreement Confirmation Constitution Document Judgement Politics Thinking
In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.
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Eyes Government Oneself Race
Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?
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Law World Yourself
Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.
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Corruption Politics Power Togetherness War Willing
To be honest about it, that is the view of Christians taken by modern society. Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are to be regarded as simpleminded.
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Belief Honesty Regard Simplicity Traditional
The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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Interest Law Principle Protection Stability State

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