Lewis F. Powell Jr. Quotes

1907–1998 United States

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (19 September 1907 – 25 August 1998) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He developed a reputation as a judicial moderate, and was known as a master of compromise and consensus-building.

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Also known as: Lewis F. Powell, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Lewis Powell, Powell, Lewis F.

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The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small independent law firms.

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

I don't believe I've ever met a homosexual

I think I probably made a mistake in the Hardwick case... I do think it was inconsistent in a general way with Roe. When I had the opportunity to reread the opinions a few months later, I thought the dissent had the better of the arguments.

It is also a violent crime because it normally involves force, or the threat of force or intimidation, to overcome the will and the capacity of the victim to resist. Rape is very often accompanied by physical injury to the female and can also inflict mental and psychological damage. Because it undermines, the community’s sense of security, there is public injury as well.

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