The Supreme Court is an institution far more dominated by centrifugal forces, pushing toward individuality and independence, than it is by centripetal forces pulling for hierarchical ordering and institutional unity.

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

No amount of repetition of historical errors in judicial opinions can make the errors true. The 'wall of separation between church and State' is a metaphor bas…

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