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Quotes by Judge
"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."
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"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
41
"Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues."
41
"I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves."
41
"I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences."
41
"The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well as assist in reducing the cost incurred by the Federal government for these procedures."
40
"People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail."
40
"Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?"
40
"The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment."
40
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
40
"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
39
"The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud."
39
"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense."
38
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
38
"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."
38
"Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit."
38
"Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable."
38
"Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has."
37
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
37
"To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."
37
"When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there."
37
"Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed."
37
"Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely."
37
"I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection."
37
"Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money."
37
"A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles."
37
"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."
36
"Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."
36
"I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like."
36
"Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution."
36
"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."
36
"The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried."
36
"There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment."
36
"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights."
36
"Carve every word before you let it fall."
36
"Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses."
35
"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
35
"Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products."
35
"The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression."
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