For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors newspaper or broadcast can and do abuse this power is beyond doubt, but that is no reason to deny the discretion Congress provided.

[I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps. A certain momentum develops in constitutional theory and it can be a 'downhill thrust' easily set in motion but difficult to retard or stop.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest.

The right of every person "to be let alone" must be placed in the scales with the right of others to communicate.