Guardian Quote by Rose Bird

Ultimately, the Supreme Court should be about fairness, not favor; Constitution, not color.

— Brian Mast

Although our rules and laws are now officially colorblind, they operate to discriminate in a grossly disproportionate fashion.

— Michelle Alexander

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

We have judges in the American system and they take on a black robe where they are supposed to shield their partisan preferences. They…

— Ben Sasse

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy…

— Marquis de Sade

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly…

— James Madison

There is a Constitutional right of expression in speech any opinion good or bad only reveals the words are unique.

— Denise Clark

Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.…

— Anonymous

It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be…

— Harry A. Blackmun

There's no doubt that diversity in thought is critical so that our judiciary can impartially enforce the law.

— Brian Mast

There is a Constitutional right of expression through speech any opinion good or bad only reveals those words are unique.

— Denise Clark

Anytime you live in a society supposedly based upon law and it doesn't enforce its own laws because the color of a man's skin…

— Malcolm X