I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.

If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.

We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be rather a conundrum.

I may not be able to define pornography but I know it when I see it.

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.

In any civilized society the most important task is achieving a proper balance between freedom and order. In wartime, reason and history both suggest that this balance shifts in favor... of the government's ability to deal with conditions that threaten the national well-being.