The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

Quote by Byron R White

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Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light...

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light...

Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached...

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

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...

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its...

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a...

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...