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Jed S. Rakoff has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent…
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Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based…
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I have a past of making a fool of myself.
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One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.
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In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus…
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I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation…
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Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect…
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In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best way to…
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Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting…
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Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but the defendant…
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The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.
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An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous. If its deployment…
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With a few honorable exceptions the press of the United States is at the beck and call of the patent medicines. Not…
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Can't do any work with a rock star; you have to go through their lawyers and their agents and their managers and…
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Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting…
— Jed S. Rakoff
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When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law…
— John Marshall
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