The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the right of trial by jury in civil cases an important bulwark against tyranny and corruption, a safeguard too precious to be left to the whim of the sovereign, or, it might be added, to that of the judiciary.

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.

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

Perhaps you should say there should be mandatory retirement even of members of the court, members of the federal judiciary. I'm sure there can be questions about whether one does as good work when you get into your - you know, I'm 67.

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