The First Lesson In Civics Is That

We Are Under A Constitution, But The Constitution Is What The Judges Say It Is, And The Judiciary Is The Safeguard Of Our Property And Our Liberty And Our Property Under The Constitution.

Selfishness And Demagoguery Take Advantage Of Liberty. The Selfish Hand Constantly Seeks To Control Government, And Every Increase Of Governmental Power, Even To Meet Just Needs, Furnishes Opportunity For Abuse And Stimulates The Effort To Bend It To Improper Uses.

The Greater The Importance To Safeguarding The Community From Incitements To The Overthrow Of Our Institutions By Force And Violence, The More Imperative Is The Need To Preserve The Constitutional Rights Of Free Speech, Free Press And Free Assembly In Order To Maintain The Opportunity For Free Political Discussion.

We [the Government] Are Here Not As Masters But As Servants, We Are Not Here To Glory In Power, But To Attest Our Loyalty To The Commands And Restrictions Laid Down By Our Sovereign, The People Of The United States, In Whose Name And By Whose Will We Exercise Our Brief Authority.

The Constitution Is What The Judges Say It Is.