Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle;… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I'd say that [Louis] Brandeis practiced a kind of a "living originalism," to use the title of Jack Balkin's great book. He said you start with the paradigm case, which in the case of the Fourth Amendment was these general warrants or writs of assistance, but you define it at a level of abstraction that you can take it into… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question… — James Otis Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, - the most destructive of… — James Otis Copy Share
