Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone...

No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone...

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters...

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters...

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To...

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To...

All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any...

All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any...