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

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

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

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.

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...

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'...

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...

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

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

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 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 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....

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...