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The Right Of Every Person "to Be Let Alone" Must Be Placed In The Scales With The Right Of Others To Communicate.

A Far Greater Factor Than Abolishing Poverty Is The Deterrent Effect Of Swift And Certain Consequences: Swift Arrest, Prompt Trial, Certain Penalty And - At Some Point - Finality Of Judgment.

The Men Who Wrote The First Amendment Religion Clause Did Not View Paid Legislative Chaplains And Opening Prayers As A Violation Of That Amendment... The Practice Of Opening Sessions With Prayer Has Continued Without Interruption Ever Since That Early Session Of Congress. It Can Hardly Be Thought That In The Same Week The Members Of The First Congress Voted To Appoint And Pay A Chaplain For Each House And Also Voted To Approve The Draft Of The First Amendment... (that) They Intended To Forbid What They Had Just Declared Acceptable.

It Is Indeed An Odd Business That It Has Taken This Court Nearly Two Centuries To Discover A Constitutional Mandate To Have Counsel At A Preliminary Hearing.

The Policeman On The Beat Or In The Patrol Car Makes More Decisions And Exercises Broader Discretion Affecting The Daily Lives Of People Every Day And To A Greater Extent, In Many Respects, Than A Judge Will Ordinarily Exercise In A Week.