"By contrast, poll taxes were very effective in excluding blacks, as well as impacting many poor whites; in legal parlance, they were overly inclusive but nevertheless served their intended discriminatory purpose. This [Muslim ban] is fundamentally not the case here."

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Source : "Is President Trump’s executive order constitutional?" by David B. Rivkin Jr., Karen Tumlin and James Downie, davidbrivkin.com. February 6, 2017.

David B. Rivkin

#Purpose Quotes #Poor Quotes #Bans Quotes

“I enjoy watching children interact with the world, the way they engage their environment without any filters, learned models, or cynicism.”

Source : "Keith Murray of We Are Scientists: Examining Life with Humor". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“It is night, And it is vanity, and age Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear, The yellow chirper, beaks its cage.”

Source : Robert Lowell (1964). “Poems, 1938-1949”
“Part of me was fascinated by the idea that I would only get next week's episode a week in advance and wouldn't actually know where I was going with it, until the script landed on my mat. But, part of me wanted to know what was going to happen.”
“Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer life will either die from discouragement and despair or become simply a duty which we feel we must perform.”
“I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focused albums. I'd like to sit and work a whole record with a certain person, to come up with a concept and see it through that way.”

Source : "Flying Lotus Talks New LP, Lil Wayne". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. January 14, 2010.
“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.”

Source : "Sandra Bland's Family Reacts To Grand Jury's Decision". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 23, 2015.
“It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.”
“I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.”

Source : "Everybody Loves Rudd" by Rachael Combe, www.elle.com. August 12, 2011.

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