Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

Quote by Warren E Burger

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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial...

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial...

There can be no assumption that today's majority is ight and the Amish and others...

There can be no assumption that today's majority is ight and the Amish and others...

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers....

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers....

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit...

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit...

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in...

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in...

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right...

To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands...

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands...

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.

The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated...

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated...

I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander...

I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.