We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

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Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work

Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the...

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the...

Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go...

Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go...

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases,...

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases,...

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is...

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is...

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens...

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...