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> # 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.

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## More from William Rehnquist

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

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2. > 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…

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

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