Hugo Black,
Rochin v. California — Concurrence
(1952)
“ But I believe that faithful adherence to the specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights insures a more permanent protection of individual liberty than that which can be afforded by the nebulous standards stated by the majority. ”
Hugo Black,
Rochin v. California — Concurrence
(1952)
“ I think a person is compelled to be a witness against himself not only when he is compelled to testify, but also when as here, incriminating evidence is forcibly taken from him by a contrivance of modern science. ”
Hugo Black,
Rochin v. California — Concurrence
(1952)
“ What the majority hold is that the Due Process Clause empowers this Court to nullify any state law if its application 'shocks the conscience', offends 'a sense of justice' or runs counter to the 'decencies of civilized conduct.' The majority emphasize that these statements do not refer to their own consciences or to their senses of justice and decency. For we are told that 'we may not draw on our merely personal and private notions' ”
