"Even laws enacted for broad and ambitious purposes often can be explained by reference to legitimate public policies …"

"Do you think things outside the United States cannot be relevant to an understanding of how to apply the American Con…"

"[S]omething I enjoy is talking to [all kinds of students]. And they'll . . . ask me . . . "What is it you find partic…"

"I take this around at my job. (Holds up a copy of the US Constitution.) People have come to accept this Constitution,…"

"Today, Justice Breyer announces his intention to step down from active service after four decades . . . on the federa…"

"Individual rights have been recognized by our jurisprudence only after long and costly struggles. They should not be …"

"Common sense and justice dictate that a citizen accused of a crime should have the fullest hearing possible, plus the…"

"Experience demonstrates that in time of war individual liberties cannot always be entrusted safely to uncontrolled ad…"

"Criminal punishment for disobedience of an arbitrary and invalid order is objectionable regardless of whether the ord…"

"That an individual should languish in prison for five years without being accorded the opportunity of proving that th…"