In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're i….

Any time you burn a cross in Virginia, it's a crime?.

The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tes….

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitm….

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what ….

The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson is that if citizen….

When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish….

There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or mor….

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom..

Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line..

Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification with….

It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty..

The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm,….

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught..

There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to hav….

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life..

Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge..

The court decided, based on its reading of our precedents, that the effects test of Lemon is violated whenever government action creates an identific….

The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedo….

The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rati….

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital ….