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We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all -…
Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of doing something…
I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which…
People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in…
...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination,…
Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who…
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk…
Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing —…
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

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