The States Are Separate And Independent Sovereigns.

We Cannot Deny That Our Decision Today Will Have An Impact On The Ability Of Law Enforcement To Combat Crime. Cell Phones Have Become Important Tools In Facilitating Coordination And Communication Among Members Of Criminal Enterprises, And Can Provide Valuable Incriminating Information About Dangerous Criminals. Privacy Comes At A Cost.

You Don't Doubt That The Lobby Supporting The Enactment Of Same Sex-marriage Laws In Different States Is Politically Powerful, Do You?... As Far As I Can Tell, Political Figures Are Falling Over Themselves To Endorse Your Side Of The Case.

Pretty Much Everybody Knows There Are Not Enough Organs For All Of Those Patients Who Need To Get Transplants, And What Happens Is, Is That Organs Are Actually Directed In Liver Transplantation To Those Patients Who Are The Sickest. So The Patients Who Have The Greatest Chance Of Dying In The Next Three Months Or So Are The Ones Who Get The Priority For The Liver Transplant.

If The Constitution Says That The Little Guy Should Win, The Little Guy Is Going To Win In Court Before Me, ... But If The Constitution Says That The Big Guy Should Win, Well, Then The Big Guy Is Going To Win Because My Obligation Is To The Constitution.

I'm Not Sure That It's Right To View This As Excluding A Particular Group. When The Institution Of Marriage Developed Historically, People Didn't Get Around And Say, 'let's Have This Institution, But Let's Keep Out Homosexuals.' The Institution Developed To Serve Purposes That, By Their Nature, Didn't Include Homosexual Couples.