“The confidentiality of the judicial process would not matter greatly to an understanding and evaluation of the legal system if the consequences of judicial behavior could be readily determined. If you can determine the ripeness of a cantaloupe by squeezing or smelling it, you don't have to worry about the produce clerk's mental processes.” IfsMatterProcessUnderstandingWorryProduceBehaviorConsequenceDetermineDeterminedJudicialEvaluationClerksLegal SystemSqueezingRipenessConfidentiality Author:Richard Posner
“The only rationale that the states put forth with any conviction-that same-sex couples and their children don't need marriage because same-sex couples can't produce children, intended or unintended-is so full of holes that it cannot be taken seriously.” NeedsChildrenStatesSexTakenProduceCoupleConvictionHolesMarriage EqualityRationale Author:Richard Posner
“Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.” ChildrenFiguresProduceCoupleRewardsDrunkDeniedPregnantHomosexualUnwantedMarriage Equality Author:Richard Posner
