If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

What is the quality of your intent?

What is the quality of your intent?

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those...

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those...

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the...

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the...

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of...

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling...

If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling...

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die...

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die...