If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.

The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.

We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.

Conservatives are those who worship dead radicals.

The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."

Somewhere "out there," beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

Excellence is the jet engine, that pushes you faster and higher to success.

Psychosis is a very Western phenomena.

When in Rome, do as Rome does.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

The catholic church has a lot more money than any Colombian cartel and they leave a lot more bodies in their wake.

Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.

The prices of really unhealthy food are kept artificially low, and that contributes to obesity.

Everything can draw inspiration: a vintage cloth, a book, a street-when I was in Japan, I was deeply inspired by Japanese pharmacies.

We will have rings and things and fine array