Photo: Sam HowzitTurning from celebrity culture to a weightier arena, I am again seeking suggestions of notable quotations from United States Supreme Court decisions of recent years. Are there any worthy successors to the eloquent justices of the past, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Robert H. Jackson?
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“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Chief Justice Roberts in
PARENTS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 et al.
Justice Douglas in United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601, 608-609, 91 S.Ct. 1112, 28 L.Ed.2d 356, discussing Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225, 78 S.Ct. 240, 2 L.Ed.2d 228 (1957). “‘Being in Los Angeles is not per se blameworthy.”
“I dissent.” — Justice Ginsberg, Gore v. Bush
“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” — Planned Parenthood v. Casey
The short answer to your question, no. There are no worthy successors. By far, the best non-supreme court writer is Learned Hand.
David
“The province of the Court is solely to decide on the rights of individuals….”
- Marbury v Madison
I don’t think Learned Hand was ever on the U.S. Supreme Court.