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“After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.”
“Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.”
“The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.”
“Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.”
“The worst excesses of the dot-com era are gone.”
“If you're going to call a book 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,' readers will expect some serious carrying on about race, and Thomas Woods Jr. does not disappoint.”
“The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.”
“With increased awareness should come greater caution about how confessions are used at trial - and a greater willingness to overturn convictions when it becomes clear that a confession was untrue.”
“There is no way to undo what happened in the Zimmerman-Martin encounter, but some good can still come of it: it could lead states to repeal their misguided 'Stand your ground' laws.”
“Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.”
“One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free.”
“Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.”
“We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.”
“Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.”
“It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments.”
“Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.”
“If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a massive online infrastructure for law enforcement to spy on members of the public.”
“Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.”
“Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.”
“Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.”