Most Liberal Democracies Don't Try To Figure

Freedom Of Speech Means Freedom For Those Who You Despise, And Freedom To Express The Most Despicable Views. It Also Means That The Government Cannot Pick And Choose Which Expressions To Authorize And Which To Prevent.

Law Is An Imperfect Profession In Which Success Can Rarely Be Achieved Without Some Sacrifice Of Principle. Thus All Practicing Lawyers -- And Most Others In The Profession -- Will Necessarily Be Imperfect, Especially In The Eyes Of Young Idealists. There Is No Perfect Justice, Just As There Is No Absolute In Ethics. But There Is Perfect Injustice, And We Know It When We See It.

I Have No Doubt That If An Actual Ticking Bomb Situation Were To Arise, Our Law Enforcement Authorities Would Torture. The Real Debate Is Whether Such Torture Should Take Place Outside Of Our Legal System Or Within It. The Answer To This Seems Clear: If We Are To Have Torture, It Should Be Authorized By The Law.

There's No Evidence That I'm Aware Of That Guns Protect Liberty.

Laws Are Important Precisely Because In A Democracy They Reflect The Attitudes And Aspirations Of Those They Govern.