Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.

To be honest about it, that is the view of Christians taken by modern society. Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are to be regarded as simpleminded.

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.

[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.

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

Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.

Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State".