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The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

~Byron White

Topics: Capital Complete Death Finality Light Prejudice Racial Risk Sentence Sentencing Serious

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We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.

~Byron White

Topics: Branch Decision Every Every Time Explains Government Itself Makes Only Time Writing

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To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

~Byron White

Topics: Affected Death Death Penalty Deprive Entitled Exclude He He Or She Impartial Jury Law Penalty Prospect She Slightest Way Which Who Would

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The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.

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Topics: Amendment Protects Right Speak Spend

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Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so.

~Byron White

Topics: Apprehend Deadly Does Failing Force Harm Him Immediate Justify Officer Others Poses Resulting Suspect Threat Use Where

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The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.

~Byron White

Topics: Constitution Constitutional Court Deals Design Having Language Law Little Most Nearest Roots Vulnerable

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The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

~Byron White

Topics: Based Busy Choices Clause Constantly Courts Due Essentially Indeed Law Laws Moral Morality Notions Process Representing Very Will

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Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy and it is evident that the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject.

~Byron White

Topics: Authorities Been Classrooms Easy Evident Maintaining Never Order Ordinarily Public Requires Restrictions School Searches Setting Some Subject Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: June 8th, 1916

Died: April 15th, 2002

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