Law
- Estelle v. Williams, U.S. Supreme Court case 425 U.S. 501 (1976) (holding that a state cannot compel a criminal defendant, over his objection, to stand trial in his jail clothes)
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Famous quotes containing the word law:
“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Mr. Brownlow: The law supposes that your wife acts under your direction.
Bumble: If that’s what the law supposes, sir, then the law’s an ass. And if that’s the eye of the law, sir, then the law’s a bachelor.”
—Vernon Harris (c. 1910)
“Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)