Fierce defender of the Constitution and advocate for the less fortunate, he combined a passion for justice and command of the law with unassuming modesty and wisdom.
Ralph Nader's long history of public service championing the causes of consumers, the environment and economic justice automatically commands respect.
With a coalition of local and worldwide human rights defenders, an international system of justice that commands growing respect, and a global commitment to defend the innocent in every nation, the elements are in place for a more just and peaceful future.
But Justice Antonin Scalia, commanding five justices' votes, sidestepped the question altogether by resorting to the more narrow view of the Fourth Amendment that prevailed prior to 1967, when Katz v. United States introduced the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test.
Our capacity to see the beauty―and pain―in others and feel it in ourselves is the divine working through us; empathy is a gift from God. God gives us this gift to help us to fulfill God's command "Justice, justice shall you pursue" (Deut 16:20).
Rabbi Mosbacher heard in angr echoes of Micah's admonition to "to do justly, and to love mercy," as well as Deuteronomy's command that "Justice, justice shalt thou follow".
"In this, your wish is my command," Justice Obus said, after calling the jury back to the courtroom.
May we proceed?" Mr Anderson then picked up a red phone in the execution chamber, an open line to the justice department's command centre, and asked permission to go ahead.
The court's "belated and somewhat tentative command," Justice Stevens wrote with reference to the similarly unanimous follow-up opinion known as Brown II, "may have done more to encourage resistance to the clear message contained in Earl Warren's original opinion than would have a dissenting opinion joined by only one or two justices".
In that case, Rawlsian justice may well command their reduction.
