I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical invocation of metaphors like the ' wall of separation,' a phrase nowhere to be found in the Constitution.
May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different? One might as well ask i… - Potter Stewart
May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different? One might as well ask i…
- Potter Stewart
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. - Potter Stewart
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it. - Potter Stewart
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.
Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life. - Potter Stewart
Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. - Potter Stewart
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
The First Amendment guarantees liberty of human expression in order to preserve in our Nation what Mr. Justice Holmes called a "free trade in ideas."… - Potter Stewart
The First Amendment guarantees liberty of human expression in order to preserve in our Nation what Mr. Justice Holmes called a "free trade in ideas."…
Fairness is what justice really is. - Potter Stewart
Fairness is what justice really is.
I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description (of pornography), and perha… - Potter Stewart
I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description (of pornography), and perha…
A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person. - Potter Stewart
A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.
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