Carolina QuotesOur country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.
Samuel Alito Connected to the Carolinas
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Dissenting, CLS v. Martinez, 130 S. Ct. 2971, 3015-16 (2010).
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- 2010
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