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> [“There were two kinds of cases before the Supreme Court. There were abortion cases—and there were all the others. Abortion was (and is) the central legal issue before the Court. It defined the judicial philosophies of the justices. It dominated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/there-were-two-kinds-of-cases-before-the-supreme-court-there-were/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

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> [“The dilemma facing Bush and the Republicans was clear. If Marshall left, they could not leave the Supreme Court an all-white institution; at the same time, they had to choose a nominee who would stay true to the conservative cause.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-dilemma-facing-bush-and-the-republicans-was-clear-if-marshall/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

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## More by Jeffrey Toobin

> [Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/everyone-wants-to-be-paid-well-i-know-that-i-certainly-do-but-there/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [“There were two kinds of cases before the Supreme Court. There were abortion cases—and there were all the others. Abortion was (and is) the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/there-were-two-kinds-of-cases-before-the-supreme-court-there-were/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [“The dilemma facing Bush and the Republicans was clear. If Marshall left, they could not leave the Supreme Court an all-white institution; at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-dilemma-facing-bush-and-the-republicans-was-clear-if-marshall/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/my-own-career-reflects-a-strange-dichotomy-between-the-world-weve/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [“The American legal system is not supposed to be a karma-based organism of retribution for unpunished bad deeds, but that’s how it worked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-american-legal-system-is-not-supposed-to-be-a-karma-based/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/judges-can-receive-gifts-as-long-as-they-report-them/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [Even in Madison's day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/even-in-madison-s-day-the-practice-of-gerrymandering-for-partisan/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-united-states-like-any-great-power-is-always-going-to-have-an/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [Students follow rules. Students complete assignments. The job of students - in part, at least - is to please their teachers. Now, I realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/students-follow-rules-students-complete-assignments-the-job-of/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-assassinations-of-martin-luther-king-jr-and-robert-f-kennedy-led/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [“The biggest police gun battle ever to take place on American soil had begun, and it was on live television. —”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/the-biggest-police-gun-battle-ever-to-take-place-on-american-soil-had/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/it-s-always-interesting-to-see-what-judges-do-when-their-legal/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/i-m-a-big-fan-of-good-grades-but-i-am-going-to-suggest-to-you-that/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world we've long known and the world that will become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/my-own-career-reflects-a-strange-dichotomy-between-the-world-we-ve/)

[Jeffrey Toobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-toobin/)

> [There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-toobin/there-were-times-when-david-souter-thought-of-bush-v-gore-and-wept/)

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