The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.
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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.Hugo Black
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The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated.
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The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of the American people to recite as part
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The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.
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