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The Law Is Not An End In Itself, Nor Does It Provide Ends. It Is Preeminently A Means To Serve What We Think Is Right.

The Calculated Killing Of A Human Being By The State Involves, By Its Very Nature, An Absolute Denial Of The Executed Person's Humanity. The Most Vile Murder Does Not, In My View, Release The State From Constitutional Restraint On The Destruction Of Human Dignity.

Use Of A Mentally Ill Person's Involuntary Confession Is Antithetical To The Notion Of Fundamental Fairness Embodied In The Due Process Clause.

The Modern Public School Derived From A Philosophy Of Freedom Reflected In The First Amendment ... The Non-sectarian Or Secular Public School Was The Means Of Reconciling Freedom In General With Religious Freedom.

The Concept Of Military Necessity Is Seductively Broad, And Has A Dangerous Plasticity. Because They Invariably Have The Visage Of Overriding Importance, There Is Always A Temptation To Invoke Security "necessities" To Justify An Encroachment Upon Civil Liberties. For That Reason, The Military-security Argument Must Be Approached With A Healthy Skepticism.