A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated...

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated...

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If...

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If...

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again....

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again....

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new'...

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new'...

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and...

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and...

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should...

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should...

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's...

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's...

The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

A Constitution should be short and obscure

A Constitution should be short and obscure

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...