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To the extent that libraries wish to offer unfiltered access, they are free to do so without federal assistance.

William Rehnquist
This result […] will daily stand as a veritable sword of Damocles over every succeeding president and his advisers.

William Rehnquist
The Constitution does not guarantee the right to acquire information at a public library without any risk of embarrassment.

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

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

William Rehnquist
Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges.

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

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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.

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[Jury selection] is best based upon seat-of-the-pants instincts, which are undoubtedly crudely stereotypical and may in many cases be hopelessly mistaken.

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Well, it's just a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

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