United States v. Di Re (1947).
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If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are indeed at the dawn of a new era; and much that we have deemed vital to our liberties, is a delusion.
— Learned Hand
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are indeed at the dawn of a new era; and much that we have deemed vital to our liberties, is a delusion." in the context of "United States v. Di Re (1947)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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