The Wise Do Not Investigate Such Silliness.

People Look At Rights As If They Were Muscles — The More You Exercise Them, The Better They Get.

Justice White's Conclusion Is Perhaps Correct, If One Assumes That The Task Of A Court Of Law Is To Plumb The Intent Of The Particular Congress That Enacted A Particular Provision. That Methodology Is Not Mine Nor, I Think, The One That Courts Have Traditionally Followed. It Is Our Task, As I See It, Not To Enter The Minds Of The Members Of Congress - Who Need Have Nothing In Mind In Order For Their Votes To Be Both Lawful And Effective - But Rather To Give Fair And Reasonable Meaning To The Text Of The United States Code, Adopted By Various Congresses At Various Times.

If It Were Up To Me, I Would Put In Jail Every Sandal-wearing, Scruffy-bearded Weirdo Who Burns The American Flag. But I Am Not King.

The Attitude Of People Associating Guns With Nothing But Crime, That Is What Has To Be Changed. I Grew Up At A Time When People Were Not Afraid Of People With Firearms.

As Long As Judges Tinker With The Constitution To 'do What The People Want,' Instead Of What The Document Actually Commands, Politicians Who Pick And Confirm New Federal Judges Will Naturally Want Only Those Who Agree With Them Politically.