The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we're winning. In Grace under Pressure, by Hastie, 1984.

When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue.

Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original document, and observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled. I plan to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution as a living document, including the Bill of Rights and the other amendments protecting individual freedoms and human rights.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.