Old Age And Sickness Bring

Of Compelling Consideration Is The Fact That Words Acquire Scope And Function From The History Of Events Which They Summarize.

A License Cannot Be Revoked Because A Man Is Red-headed Or Because He Was Divorced, Except For A Calling, If Such There Be, For Which Red-headedness Or An Unbroken Marriage May Have Some Rational Bearing. If A State Licensing Agency Lays Bare Its Arbitrary Action, Or If The State Law Explicitly Allows It To Act Arbitrarily, That Is Precisely The Kind Of State Action Which The Due Process Clause Forbids.

To Be Effective, Judicial Administration Must Not Be Leaden-footed.

We Recognize That Stare Decisis Embodies An Important Social Policy That Represents An Element Of Continuity In Law And Is Rooted In The Psychological Need To Satisfy Reasonable Expectations.

Time And Experience Have Forcefully Taught That The Power To Inspect Dwelling Places, Either As A Matter Of Systematic Area-by-area Search Or, As Here, To Treat A Specific Problem, Is Of Indispensable Importance In The Maintenance Of Community Health; A Power That Would Be Greatly Hobbled By The Blanket Requirement Of The Safeguards Necessary For A Search Of Evidence Of Criminal Acts.