The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom.
William J. BrennanNo longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas.
William J. BrennanWe hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions.
William J. BrennanIf the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.
William J. BrennanMore fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state or federal level, where actions pursuant to that power are impermissible under the Constitution. Where there is no power, there can be no impairment of power.
William J. Brennan