Occupation: Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Birth: April 20, 1920
It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate….
A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold..
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more states would really consider whethe….
Our love cannot be measured, it just is..
At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations fro….
One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, t….
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship..
To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her h….
"Respecting" means concerning or with reference to. But it also means with respect~ that is "reverence," "good-will," "regard" to. Taking into accoun….
Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin..
After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if he….
When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof the pig is obscene..
Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken t….
Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in lic….
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also th….
The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion..
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising a….
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years a disturbing n….
Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is ba….
Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of….
By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffe….