[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]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.

The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."

The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

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.

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.

Somewhere "out there," beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.