Such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty.

We say ‘tough luck, you have to sell it in stores,’

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

is to give live-birth abortion free rein.

Why isn’t there a fear of extortion if the speech could help destroy his business?

Let the cancer patients suffer.

We tried a ban of (alcohol) and decided, forget about it,

I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned,

irrational hatred of the disabled.

Abortion is off the democratic stage. Prohibiting it is unconstitutional, now and forever, coast to coast, until I guess we amend the Constitution.

Maybe he wanted to buy a new crutch for Tiny Tim, … Please, counselor, don’t read all these tenderhearted things into it.

I gather they don’t know where it is,

A judge’s lack of predisposition regarding the relevant legal issues in a case has never been thought a necessary component of equal justice, and with good reason, … For one thing, it is virtually impossible...

doesn’t mean that he has power to do whatever it takes to win the war.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

What distinguishes the rule of law from the dictatorship of a shifting Supreme Court majority is the absolutely indispensable requirement that judicial opinions be grounded in consistently applied principle.

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it’s not perfect, that’s okay, there are a lot more coming along.

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right...

publish it in the Washington Post.

Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.

I cannot imagine any responsible citizen would have objected to giving the name,

They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive,

The counting of votes that are of questionable legality does in my view threaten irreparable harm to [Bush], and to the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of...

one of the great minds of our generation, of our time.

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.

Let me be clear that I have nothing against homosexuals, or any other group, promoting their agenda though normal democratic means,

If you want to prove a contractual relationship with the United States, then the only relevant relationship is that as a spy.

You’re looking at me as though I’m weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the Devil!...

Rights do not grow smaller or larger.

I’m not even sure I wanted it, to tell you the truth,

The line between protected pornography and unprotected obscenity lies between appealing to a good healthy interest in sex and appealing to a depraved interest, whatever that means,

He leads me to my best efforts because he is so sharp. It’s a challenge to write something as persuasive as his arguments. We are very fond of each other.

Why can’t the state accede to the public’s wishes?

Does it stop being a quota because it is somewhere between eight and 12 percent, but it is a quota if it is 10 percent? … Once you use that term ‘critical mass,’ you’re in...

Why not decide in advance? Why not take a run and see,

The Court today completes the process of converting [Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964] from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will.

Are you saying Thanksgiving proclamations are inappropriate? … I don’t see why the one is good and the other is bad.

The honor would have been wonderful.

I would think the normal assumption is if one person wants that search excluded, that search is excluded.

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations… until they were all litigated out.

There can be no such thing as either a creditor or a debtor race, … In the eyes of government, we are just one race, it is American.

forcing political parties to associate with those who do not share their beliefs. And it has done this at the crucial juncture at which party members traditionally find their collective voice and select their spokesman.

It was at most an irresponsibly speedy chase, … Is there any evidence that there was an intent to kill anybody?

The First Amendment has not repealed the ancient rule of life, that he who pays the piper calls the tune,

is locked in the heart of the president.

[Roberts quoted approvingly from comments by] Professor Scalia … recognized that non-uniformity in the interpretation of federal law could be criticized as ‘sloppy,’ but asked: compared to what? Given the choice between non-uniformity and the...

If we’re picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a ‘new’ Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we...

I think we know what it’s aimed at, which is abortion protesters, … a totally different entity when you do it from eight feet away.

I really don’t understand what harm is done here,