Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is...

It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...