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My Mother Told Me Two Things Constantly. One Was To Be A Lady, And The Other Was To Be Independent. The Study Of Law Was Unusual For Women Of My Generation. For Most Girls Growing Up In The '40s, The Most Important Degree Was Not Your B.a., But Your M.r.s.

There Are Just A Host Of Problems Born By The Electronic Age. Things We Couldn't Even Conceive Of. I Was Amused By The Analogy That Justice Scalia Made In A Case About A Gps Tracker So You Don't Know That's Being Done To Your Car, Is That A Violation Of Your Right To Protection Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures. So Justice Scalia Imagines A Constable Clinging To The Bottom Of A Carriage As It Went On Its Way, So There Was Some Notion That This Similar: There Is An Official Eye That's On You, But You Don't Know About It. Yes, There Are All Kinds Of Challenges.

Dissents Speak To A Future Age. It's Not Simply To Say, 'my Colleagues Are Wrong And I Would Do It This Way.' But The Greatest Dissents Do Become Court Opinions And Gradually Over Time Their Views Become The Dominant View. So That's The Dissenter's Hope: That They Are Writing Not For Today But For Tomorrow.

A Prime Part Of The History Of Our Constitution Is The Story Of The Extension Of Constitutional Rights To People Once Ignored Or Excluded.

Sometimes People Say Unkind Or Thoughtless Things, And When They Do, It Is Best To Be A Little Hard Of Hearing — To Tune Out And Not Snap Back In Anger Or Impatience.