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Byron White was Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, American football player. Explore interesting quotes on making.

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“We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.”

Byron White

Reported by Evan Thomas in Time Magazine, Oct. 08, 1984, in response to the assertion that the Supreme Court is the most secretive branch in terms of carrying out its deliberations.

Decision , Time

“The issue presented is whether the Federal Constitution confers a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy, and hence invalidates the laws of the many States that still make such conduct illegal, and have done so for a very long time…. Respondent would have us announce, as the Court of Appeals did, a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do.”

Byron White

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986).

Law , Time

“The same qualities that made him a memorable jurist would make him a lightning rod for fierce opposition if he were named to the Supreme Court now.”

Byron White

USA Today, April 17, 2002, quoted in US Senate Republican Policy Committee article, 25 April 2002, "The Left's Iron-Clad Litmus Test on Abortion: Justice White Could Not Be Confirmed Today".

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