Thurgood Marshall
Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original document, and observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled. I plan to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution as a living document, including the Bill of Rights and the other amendments protecting individual freedoms and human rights.Collection: Struggle
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .Collection: Self
The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues.Collection: Issues
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written document now yellowed with age . . . [F]or many Americans the bicentennial celebration will be little more than a blind pilgrimage to the shrine of the original document now stored in a vault in the National Archives. [Progressive]Collection: Patriotic
[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]Collection: Constitution
What's shaking, chiefy baby?Collection: Baby
[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.Collection: Practice
Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?Collection: Baby
Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been pursued and traduced [By American Newspapers]Collection: Character