The Bill of Rights is not a suicide pact. (paraphrase and well-known misquote of There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.)
More from Robert H. Jackson
But we have grounds to assume also that the normal proportion of them are subject to that very human weakness, especially displayed in Washington, which leads …
Permalink to quote #15 But when notice is a person's due, process which is a mere gesture is not 'due process.'
Permalink to quote #17 Under these circumstances, except for any personal humiliation involved in admitting that I do not always understand the opinions of this Court, I see no reaso…
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