Kent Willis Quotations

The only way to do this properly is to have the state pass a law, and then have an independent agency or organization of some kind take the data collected by police at traffic stops and analyze it.

Since Michael is not listed with a wife in 1880, I must conclude he did not leave a widow or children.

If this bill banned gay-straight alliances outright, it would be unconstitutional. But because it doesn't explicitly state that, it would be harder to make a constitutional case against.

Jails may make an argument that canteen funds should be treated separately from government funds. We would argue that they aren't. Once they enter the canteen it's the government's money and needs to be treated like any other money that belongs to the government.

Jails may accommodate the religious needs of inmates by funding chaplains' services that offer assistance to all prisoners regardless of their faith. But they cannot pay a Christian ministry to bring only the Christian message into their jails.

Trademark law must not be used to inhibit the freedom of speech in this powerful and important medium.

What it amounts to is an outright attack on Manassas' growing Latino population.

School administrators are so concerned about discipline in school that they neglect the fundamental rights of students. Not only do students have a constitutional right to express themselves in the school so long as they're not disrupting the educational process, but schools ought to be encouraging students to express themselves.

This is the government, in the form of the schools, invading the privacy of students.

This is not an enormously expensive process. But there is a great deal of anecdotal information that racial profiling does exist in Virginia. If the report indicates that it doesn't, then that's terrific, and it clears the air. If the report shows that racial profiling does exist, then it gives you the basis for designing a program to eliminate it.

This decision is a victory for free speech on the Internet. The Internet provides unique opportunities for ordinary citizens to speak to a world-wide audience on matters of public concern. Trademark law must not be used to inhibit the freedom of speech in this powerful and important medium.

This is a case where clearly the parents, or at least an older relative, (are) involved.

They have chosen a more indirect route likely to cause complications for a gay-student alliance.

As written, almost any circumstance could justify suspension of First Amendment rights.

It's terribly disappointing that we are still at this stage. Most other states have gone ahead and done these studies. And there is significant anecdotal information that racial profiling does exist - and we still have not gotten a bill out of committee in Virginia.

Creationism is not biology and has no place in a biology class. What makes it wrong is not the theory of creationism, but the teaching of creationism as part of a science class.

The bill, as it is written now, is simply a waste of time, energy and space.

The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.

It was not a statistical analysis of what actually happens on the highway. It was a survey of officers asking them if they discriminated based on race. It was a study that already knew what answer it would come up with.

If you look carefully at the way that they gathered data for that report, it was simply a matter of interviewing police officers and asking them if they profiled based on race. Not surprisingly, they said no.

I just decided I'd give it a shot. I figured if I didn't find anything, I'd quit, but I kept finding stuff, then I kind of hit a dead end; that's when I sent my memo to the sheriff.

You could tell he's been around the game. This guy showed a little pop.