Alex Kozinski

I think the use of lethal injection is the way of lying to ourselves, to make it look like executions are peaceful,…

— Alex Kozinski

The majority falls prey to the delusion–popular in some circles–that ordinary people are too careless and stupid to own guns, and we…

— Alex Kozinski

My advice would be to whoever is going after judges by name, whether it's the president or anybody else, I think it's…

— Alex Kozinski

The more heavily the government regulates the market, the more competition is impeded.

— Alex Kozinski

When the president, Donald Trump, is a litigant I think it's wise for him not to comment on the judges. It's not…

— Alex Kozinski

In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact…

— Alex Kozinski

Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like…

— Alex Kozinski

Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the…

— Alex Kozinski

The First Amendment is really at the very core of political speech, and political speech is at the core of the First…

— Alex Kozinski

This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? "Due process". We're very proud of it.

— Alex Kozinski

For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of…

— Alex Kozinski

If we as a society are willing to take away human life, we should be willing to watch it.

— Alex Kozinski

It's not that unusual for presidents to take strong positions on cases decided by the court. But you know, Lesley, that's why…

— Alex Kozinski

Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since…

— Alex Kozinski

Just to prove that even the silliest idea can be pursued to its illogical conclusion, Legal Realism spawned Critical Legal Studies.

— Alex Kozinski

I was born under Communism. I know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to…

— Alex Kozinski

My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid…

— Alex Kozinski

Most of us continue to believe that those who show utter contempt for human life by committing remorseless, premeditated murder justly forfeit…

— Alex Kozinski

The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where…

— Alex Kozinski

[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause?

— Alex Kozinski

The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing…

— Alex Kozinski