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

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 law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

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...

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...

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...

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, dont sit back and...

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, dont sit back and...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

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...

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

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...

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client