When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.

Quote by Robert Bork

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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 purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and...

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...