The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson is that if citizens are subjected to state-sponsored religious exercises, the State disavows its own duty to guard and respect that sphere of inviolable conscience and belief which is the mark of a free people.
Anthony KennedyThere's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more.
Anthony KennedyAs the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.
Anthony KennedyYou have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous decision that's unpopular.
Anthony Kennedy