...Government should play an ignoble part." This echoes the words of Justice Brandeis that "If the Government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law:...to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." A third count in the indictment of Government enforcement of the Volstead Act was sustained by the...

..."If the government," said Justice Brandeis, "becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law and invites every man to become a law unto himself. It invites anarchy." "For those who agree with me," said Justice Holmes, "no distinction can be taken between the government...

..."If the government," said Justice Brandéis, "becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law and invites every man to become a law unto himself. It invites anarchy." "For those who agree with me," said Justice Holmes, "no distinction can be taken between the government...

...good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;...administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means — to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private...

...insist that the government may commit crime in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. "Against that pernicious doctrine this court should resolutely set its face," he said. Wire tapping is illegal, said Justice Brandeis. The government makes no attempt...

...the late Justice Brundeis ventured the opinion that "when the Government becomes a lawbreaker * * * It invites every man to become a law unto himself; It invites anarchy." ****** * * * * Congress would be handing to one person a weapon which has been ,emphatically condemned...

...('rime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invties every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the admin1 Since it was determined in Wolfv. Colorado, supra, 33S I'. S. 25, that the fourth,' amendment...

...declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely set its face" (Brandeis, J., dissenting in Olmstead v. United States, 277 US 438, 485; see also State...

...concluding words of Justice Brandeis in his dissent in the Olmstead case are most apt : "If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, It breeds contempt for law :...administration of the criminal law the end justifies the meana — to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private...

...good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;...administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means — to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private...