In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Once I really got into securities fraud prosecutions, I came to realize how central they were to the maintenance of a free… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus is on… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation was passed… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
If crimes are committed, they are committed by people; they are not committed by some free-floating entity. These companies and other entities don't operate… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts. — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
