We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions.

Quote by William J Brennan Jr

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We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century...

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that...

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each...

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each...

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.