Judicial Judgment Must Take Deep

A Phrase Begins Life As A Literary Expression; Its Felicity Leads To Its Lazy Repetition, And Repetition Soon Establishes It As A Legal Formula, Undiscriminatingly Used To Express Different And Sometimes Contradictory Ideas.

The Indispensible Judicial Requisite Is Intellectual Humility.

The Real Rulers In Washington Are Invisible, And Exercise Power From Behind The Scenes.

Anybody Can Decide A Question If Only A Single Principle Is In Controversy.

The Line Must Follow Some Direction Of Policy, Whether Rooted In Logic Or Experience. Lines Should Not Be Drawn Simply For The Sake Of Drawing Lines.