The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

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Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society...

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society...

It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.

It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos...

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos...

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is...

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is...

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates...

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates...

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential...

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic...

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic...

I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a...

I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a...

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court...

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court...

I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools,...

I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools,...

The right to procreate is not guaranteed, explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution.

The right to procreate is not guaranteed, explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution.

Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their...

Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their...

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are...

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are...

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security...

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security...

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will...

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will...

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in...

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in...

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to...

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...