We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time.

Quote by William J Brennan Jr

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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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

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...

I certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where...

I certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where...

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

Smile when it hurts most.

Smile when it hurts most.

Some girls don't realize all that stuck up bitchy attitude they havie is actually stoping...

Some girls don't realize all that stuck up bitchy attitude they havie is actually stoping...

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

Unless I'm the direct reason for your bad mood, don't take it out on me.

Unless I'm the direct reason for your bad mood, don't take it out on me.

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

There are thousands of degrees and variations, but it is always clearly the attitude of...

There are thousands of degrees and variations, but it is always clearly the attitude of...