A Law Can Be Both Economic Folly

It Is Difficult To Maintain The Illusion That We Are Interpreting A Constitution, Rather Than Inventing One.

Certainly The Constitution Does Not Require Discrimination On The Basis Of Sex. The Only Issue Is Whether It Prohibits It. It Doesn't.

Justice White's Conclusion Is Perhaps Correct, If One Assumes That The Task Of A Court Of Law Is To Plumb The Intent Of The Particular Congress That Enacted A Particular Provision. That Methodology Is Not Mine Nor, I Think, The One That Courts Have Traditionally Followed. It Is Our Task, As I See It, Not To Enter The Minds Of The Members Of Congress - Who Need Have Nothing In Mind In Order For Their Votes To Be Both Lawful And Effective - But Rather To Give Fair And Reasonable Meaning To The Text Of The United States Code, Adopted By Various Congresses At Various Times.

To Many Americans, Everything From The Easter Morning To The Ascension Had To Be Made Up By The Groveling Enthusiasts As Part Of Their Plan To Get Themselves Martyred.

As Long As Judges Tinker With The Constitution To 'do What The People Want,' Instead Of What The Document Actually Commands, Politicians Who Pick And Confirm New Federal Judges Will Naturally Want Only Those Who Agree With Them Politically.