It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.

  • -- William Rehnquist 奎斯特

法院总是有可能超越其适当的界限,也许宣布许多法律违宪,并以一种不应该感到沮丧的方式挫败多数人的意愿。

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The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the difficulty lies only in the fact that application of these laws leads to equations that are too complex to be solved.

因此,对物理学的大部分和整个化学进行数学处理所必需的基本定律是完全知道的,而困难之处在于,应用这些定律会导致方程过于复杂而无法求解。

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

我认为,如果法院根据其对公众舆论的看法作出决定,无论如何法院的合法性都会受到损害。

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

法律和正义并不总是相同的。如果他们没有这样做,破坏法律可能是改变法律的第一步。

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

我们的节目不同,因为它不是关于法律和秩序,而是关于心理学,关于某人的意图。

Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.

大多数女孩得到鲜花或糖果。我得到了戒严令。

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

我不想成为球场上唯一的女性。