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“A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.”

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What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

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If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea?…

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More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms…

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Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to protect the…

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If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional.

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Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a…

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Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.

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The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have allowed this…

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We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

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If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ.…

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Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the extremes of…

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That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to…

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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

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I would have had a clause in my contract; I would've definitely put some fine print in my contract that said, "If the president…

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Of course the Dharma-body of the Buddha was the hedge at the bottom of the garden. At the same time, and no less obviously,…

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When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

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