To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching.

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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

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

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

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...

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.

However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in...

However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in...

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

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

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.

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

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...

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...

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....

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.