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David Souter Quotes

Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools Picture Quote #1

The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an ‘epidemic of gun violence.’ Picture Quote #1

The Constitution is a pantheon of values, and a lot of hard cases are hard because the Constitution gives no simple rule of decision for the cases in which one of the values is truly at odds with another Picture Quote #1

For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, ‘Brown’ must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision Picture Quote #1

The Court’s majority holds that the Establishment Clause is no bar to Ohio’s payment of tuition at private religious elementary and middle schools under a scheme that systematically provides tax money to support the schools’ religious missions Picture Quote #1

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well Picture Quote #1

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The language of the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws did not change between 1896 and 1954, and it would be very hard to say that the obvious facts on which ‘Plessy’ was based had changed Picture Quote #1

The Constitution is no simple contract, not because it uses a certain amount of open-ended language, but because its language grants and guarantees many good things, and good things that compete with each other and can never all be realized, altogether, all at once Picture Quote #1

Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide Picture Quote #1

If speech always wins, even if it’s an atomic secret that’s going to be broadcast to our enemies, it’s easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn’t... Liberty doesn’t always trump equality or equality always trump liberty Picture Quote #1

While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993 Picture Quote #1

Summits are best at dealing with problems, where the need for action is urgent and the range of possible actions limited. They are less good at dealing with opportunities Picture Quote #1

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Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, ‘survivors,’ who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim’s death Picture Quote #1

The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society Picture Quote #1

The applicability of the Establishment Clause to public funding of benefits to religious schools was settled in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, which inaugurated the modern era of establishment doctrine Picture Quote #1

In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live Picture Quote #1

It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process Picture Quote #1

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it Picture Quote #1

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Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools. (David Souter Quotes) The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an ‘epidemic of gun violence.’ (David Souter Quotes) The Constitution is a pantheon of values, and a lot of hard cases are hard because the Constitution gives no simple rule of decision for the cases in which one of the values is truly at odds with another. (David Souter Quotes) For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, ‘Brown’ must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision. (David Souter Quotes) The Court’s majority holds that the Establishment Clause is no bar to Ohio’s payment of tuition at private religious elementary and middle schools under a scheme that systematically provides tax money to support the schools’ religious missions. (David Souter Quotes) We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. (David Souter Quotes) The language of the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws did not change between 1896 and 1954, and it would be very hard to say that the obvious facts on which ‘Plessy’ was based had changed. (David Souter Quotes) The Constitution is no simple contract, not because it uses a certain amount of open-ended language, but because its language grants and guarantees many good things, and good things that compete with each other and can never all be realized, altogether, all at once. (David Souter Quotes) Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide. (David Souter Quotes) If speech always wins, even if it’s an atomic secret that’s going to be broadcast to our enemies, it’s easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn’t... Liberty doesn’t always trump equality or equality always trump liberty. (David Souter Quotes) While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993. (David Souter Quotes) Summits are best at dealing with problems, where the need for action is urgent and the range of possible actions limited. They are less good at dealing with opportunities. (David Souter Quotes) Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, ‘survivors,’ who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim’s death. (David Souter Quotes) The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society. (David Souter Quotes) The applicability of the Establishment Clause to public funding of benefits to religious schools was settled in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, which inaugurated the modern era of establishment doctrine. (David Souter Quotes) In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live (David Souter Quotes) It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process (David Souter Quotes) It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it (David Souter Quotes)