“ The epitome of a great justice with a rough character was William O. Douglas, the liberal who found the right to privacy in the “penumbras” and “emanations” of the Bill of Rights,”
When Arrogance Takes the Bench - NYTimes.com
Speaking of penumbras ( When you see the sun beams shining through clouds). I can remember my constitutional law professor making fun on this language and defining the word for our class by acting out how absurd he thought it was.
Source: The New York Times
