"Judges are the people who have to protect……" — Jed S. Rakoff
"Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights in the Constitution, have to protect the requirement that the executive and the legislature not simply exercise raw power but adhere to standards of reasonableness and constitutionality."
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Jed S. Rakoff
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If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime,…
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Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the…
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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,…
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I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil…
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In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best…
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Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such…
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Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but…
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The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system…
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An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous. If…
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If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of…
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