Death Quote by Potter Stewart

“These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.” quote by Potter Stewart — Download Open image

“These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.”

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The Court today holds the Congress may say that some of the poor are too poor even to go bankrupt. I cannot agree.

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In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property.

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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

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Fairness is what justice really is.

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It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

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The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

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The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to…

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Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

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