Chief Justice William Howard Taft, speaking for the majority, recognized the murky morality of wiretapping.
Opinion polls suggest that a majority recognize a right to bear arms, subject to reasonable regulations protecting public safety.
But Justice David Souter, arguing for the majority, recognized the provision's critical role in preventing widespread evasion of the individual limits.
Assuming the majority recognizes a need to protect the votes of Florida's presidential electors, the entire contest must be completed "at least six days before" Dec. 18, 2000, the date the presidential electors meet to vote.
And that will happen only when the Muslim majority recognizes that what the Osama bin Ladens are leading to is the destruction and denigration of their own religion and societies.
In the men's game, the majority recognized Messi, even above any player from Real Madrid, the team that knocked Barcelona off the top of the Spanish league, or any from the Spanish national team that retained the European Championship last summer, to go along with the world championship it won in South Africa in 2010.
Now, in 2003, after three huge down years, the majority recognizes that stocks are not the answer.
Some are calling for a socialized, not-for-profit, government-run or single-payer system, though the majority recognizes that American tradition and society are not amenable to a system that is too centralized or restrictive of choice or entrepreneurial efforts.
"As the majority recognizes, there is nothing that requires that the standards of decency evolve only in one direction," she wrote.
In its opinion, the majority recognized the profound cultural shifts in marriage views, citing both the Chinese educator Confucius and the Roman philosopher Cicero.
