At Bottom, The Battle Has Been Waged

The Bill Of Rights Never Gets Off The Page And Into The Lives Of Most Americans.

Capital Punishment...treats Members Of The Human Race...as Objects To Be Toyed With And Discarded.

Punishing Desecration Of The Flag Dilutes The Very Freedom That Makes This Emblem So Revered.

We Current Justices Read The Constitution In The Only Way That We Can: As Twentieth Century Americans. We Look To The History Of The Time Of Framing And To The Intervening History Of Interpretation. But The Ultimate Question Must Be, What Do The Words Of The Text Mean In Our Time. For The Genius Of The Constitution Rests Not In Any Static Meaning It Might Have Had In A World That Is Dead And Gone, But In The Adaptability Of Its Great Principles To Cope With Current Problems And Current Needs.

No Longer Is The Female Destined Solely For The Home And The Rearing Of The Family And Only The Male For The Marketplace And The World Of Ideas.