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The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.

Thurgood Marshall

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The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues.
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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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I cannot accept this invitation for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever ‘fixed’ at the Philadelphia Convention… To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]
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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit – a spirit that demands self-expression .
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What is the quality of your intent?
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.
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Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.
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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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Today’s Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.
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