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Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.

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There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

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However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.

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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

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There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.

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A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

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We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: September 17th, 1907

Died: June 25th, 1995

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