These were passed on to me by a friend and thought you might find them of use.
Bob
Here are seldom mentioned Supreme Court rulings of vast importance:
Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 US 105: "No State shall convert a liberty into a privilege, license it, and charge a fee therefor."
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham Alabama, 373 US 262: "If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and engage in the right (liberty) with impunity."
Boyd v. United States, 116 US 616: "The Court is to protect against any encroachment of constitutionally secured rights (liberty)."
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436: "Where rights (liberty) secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no legislation which would abrogate (abolish) them."
Norton v. Shelby County, 118 US 425: "An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation as though it had never been passed."