March 2012
5 posts
6 tags
“One does not have to inhale the self-adulatory bombast of after-dinner speeches...”
– Schware v. Bd. of Bar Exam. of State of N.M., 353 U.S. 232, 247, 77 S. Ct. 752, 760-61, 1 L. Ed. 2d 796 (1957)
February 2012
18 posts
4 tags
“The bar has not enjoyed prerogatives; it has been entrusted with anxious...”
– Schware v. Bd. of Bar Exam. of State of N.M.
353 U.S. 232, 247, 77 S. Ct. 752, 760, 1 L. Ed. 2d 796 (1957)
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“The mere fact that a man has been arrested has very little, if any, probative...”
– Schware v. Bd. of Bar Exam. of State of N.M.
353 U.S. 232, 241, 77 S. Ct. 752, 757, 1 L. Ed. 2d 796 (1957)
6 tags
“We have a written Constitution; and it is full of ‘thou shalt nots’...”
– Flast v. Cohen
392 U.S. 83 (1968)
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“Classifications treated as suspect tend to be irrelevant to any proper...”
– from footnotes 14 & (following ellipsis) 19
Plyler v. Doe
457 U.S. 202 (1982)
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“Habit, rather than analysis, makes it seem acceptable and natural to distinguish...”
– Mathews v. Lucas
427 U.S. 495 (1976)
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“The kingly power to rewrite history has not been delegated to the Secretary of...”
– Sullivan v. Everhart 494 U.S. 83 (1990)
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“A PERSONAL STATEMENT
During the course of this litigation, many have played...”
– Schultz v. Medina Valley, order approving settlement
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“Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very...”
– Loving v. Virginia 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
citing
Skinner v. State of Oklahoma 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
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“Mrs. Mitchill looked over the land with a view to its purchase. She found the...”
– Mitchill v. Lath
247 N.Y. 377 (1928)
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“I seriously doubt the wisdom of trying by law to put the fresh, evanescent,...”
– Ginsberg v. State of N. Y.
390 U.S. 629 (1968)
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“Mississippi! What a good use of your time!”
– me, re: House Bill No. 150
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“First Amendment freedoms need breathing space to survive[.]”
– Nat’l Ass’n for Advancement of Colored People v. Button
371 U.S. 415 (1963)
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“The eternal temptation, of course, has been to arrest the speaker rather than to...”
– Younger v. Harris
401 U.S. 37 (1971)
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“It matters not whether federal courts think it wise or desirable for California...”
– Reinhardt, for the majority
Perry v. Brown
Case no. 10-16696
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“Censors are, of course, propelled by their own neuroses. That is why a...”
– Ginsberg v. State of N. Y.
390 U.S. 629 (1968)
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“[W]e must never forget that it is a *constitution* we are expounding.”
– M’Culloch v. State
17 U.S. 316 (1819)
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“Noncitizens have the same property rights as citizens.”
– Cal. Const. art. I, § 20