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1 " Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just. "
― Dahlia Lithwick
2 " The fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius. "
3 " The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be bound by them. "
4 " The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom. "
5 " I think men get nervous when women start counting the number of female senators, and whites become edgy when they hear the next Supreme Court seat will probably go to a Latino. This isn't always because they object to sharing the spoils, by the way; it just reminds us that the melting pot may not be working, and we haven't yet achieved the ambiguous national dream of becoming a nation of indistinguishable beige atheists. "
6 " There is no rest stop on the misinformation highway. "
