Stephen Breyer: “we have found nothing in Texas`s record of evidence that shows that the new law advanced Texas` legitimate interests in…”

We have to have public support, and that comes primarily from people believing that we do our job. We use reason. We don`t look to just what`s popular. And that`s where you`re seeing the paradox.

Without the public's trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of Government and a guarantee--guarantor of the rule of law, threatening the foundations of our constitutional system.

I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court Building 'Equal Justice Under Law' are a reality and not just an ideal.

to invalidate the plans under review is to threaten the promise of Brown. The plurality position, I fear, would break that promise. This is a decision that the Court and nation will come to regret.