[Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had made a similar point in an April speech.] We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe -- liberty, equality and justice for all -- are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges. |
[Justices in their decision noted the Constitution specified copyrights are to extend for only] limited times, ... gives Congress wide leeway to proscribe 'limited times' for copyright protection. |
[Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process. Discussing the recent University of Michigan affirmative action cases, Justice Breyer contrasts an opinion by Clarence Thomas, arguing that the Equal Protection Clause requires government actions to be] colorblind, ... long denied full citizenship. |
[Rehnquist was genuinely popular with his colleagues, as the statements released by the court's public information office vividly conveyed. He was] the fairest, most efficient boss I have ever had, ... a brave, intelligent man. |
[We don't always agree with the politics of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the U.S. Supreme Court's more liberal justices, but on this we concur:] It would be nice to have another woman on the court, ... but not any woman. |
A plain speaker without airs or affectations, the chief fostered a spirit of collegiality among the nine of us perhaps unparalleled in the court's history. |
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. |
And I want this committee to understand that if we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is, Adopt my value system, we're doing a great disservice to the judiciary. |
are not warranted by the state interests -- administrative efficiency, fraud detection, informing voters -- alleged to justify those restrictions. |
Are you saying that if heroin were legalized, the FDA could not regulate it? |
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. |
But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. |
descending that slope, because once you ask me about this case, then you will ask me about another case that is over and done, and another case. |
Dissents speak to a future age. |
EPA can exercise its supervisory power to block a facility's construction, ... As EPA found, the Alaska department's own records showed there was scant, if any, evidentiary basis for choosing less stringent emission-reduction technology. |