[The rule of law] means sometimes you have to accept decisions you think are wrong, and if it’s 5-4 in our court, somebody’s wrong. You accept it or not. You think it’s important or not. It’s easy to think it’s important when you agree with a decision. Not quite so easy when you don’t. But that’s the time when the chips are down for the rule of law.
— Justice Stephen Breyer, in a commancement speech given before graduates of New York Law School at Carnegie Hall this past Friday. In his remarks, Justice Breyer also told graduates that they are “going into a great profession,” but to make sure they “find the time to participate in public life.”
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