Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Ross Toobinis an American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth21 May 1960
CountryUnited States of America
consequences elections pick winners
Elections have consequences, and one of them is the winners get to pick the justices.
act client family honorable
this act was an aberration, that their client is an honorable family man.
charged insider
This was such an avoidable problem. She wasn't even charged with insider trading.
bad
This really was a story out of a bad novel.
elections matters wins
What really matters is who wins presidential elections.
arbiter court decided exclusive needs rule seems sole somewhat
What the court has decided now is that 'we are the sole and exclusive arbiter of what needs to be disclosed.' That rule seems somewhat extreme.
ability affairs appears compromise conduct court feels foreign military national rule security sort strongly
What appears to be going on here is some sort of compromise. The court feels strongly about national security and the president's ability to conduct foreign affairs and military affairs, yet also responsible for the rule of law.
care race reason
The only reason we will care about O.J. Simpson, ... is what it told us about race in this country.
determination determined judge jurors point rid
The point is that the judge is determined to keep this thing moving, and he's getting rid of jurors who are impediments.
world surveillance united-states
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.
philosophy views interesting
It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.
kings gun law
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.
careers long world
My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.
convinced experience interest legal management tremendous
The experience of O.J. convinced (news) management that there is tremendous interest in high-profile legal cases,