We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions.

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There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.