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The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.


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The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.



I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.

I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.



We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.



It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.

It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.



Conservatives are those who worship dead radicals.

Conservatives are those who worship dead radicals.



The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."

The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."



Somewhere "out there," beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.

Somewhere "out there," beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.



The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.



The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.



If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.

If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.





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If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.

If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.



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Christ is always faithful. Let us pray to be always faithful to him.



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