Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.
Rose BirdThe courts are an easy scapegoat because at a time when everything has to boiled down to easy slogans, we speak in subtleties.
Rose BirdIf our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues that can rip the social fabric apart ... The courts are a safety valve without which no democratic society can survive.
Rose Bird...testifying for Dr. Privitera...To these 19 cancer victims, the enforcement of (California) Health and Safety Code Sect. 1701.1, the denial of them medical treatment, albeit unorthodox, albeit unapproved by a state agency, must surely take on a Kafka-esque, a nightmare quality. No demonstrated public anger, no compelling interest of the state warrants an Orwellian intrusion into the most private of zones of privacy.
Rose Bird