Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.
The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.
