Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
ANTONIN SCALIAI even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.
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A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
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This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the least pain?
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Under all the usual rules of interpretation, in short, the Government should lose this case. But normal rules of interpretation seem always to yield to the overriding principle of the present Court: The Affordable Care Act must be saved.
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In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.
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The wise do not investigate such silliness.
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A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.
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A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations until they were all litigated out.
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If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you’d like it to mean?
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Why can’t the state accede to the public’s wishes?
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For in order for capitalism to work — in order for it to produce a good and a stable society — the traditional Christian virtues are essential.
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The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.
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I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.
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