Ken Starr
Ken Starr
Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starris an American lawyer who has also been a federal judge and U.S. Solicitor General. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University, and currently holds the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. He carried out a controversial investigation of members of the Clinton administration...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth21 July 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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To reduce the unfortunate personalization of the process in particular in the wake of the inherently divisive impeachment proceedings, the wiser course, I believe, is for another individual to head the investigation.
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Unfortunately, we have seen already that a duly appointed career prosecutor, a career prosecutor, has already come under criticism and I think that's very unfortunate, ... Let's depoliticize it. Let's say that is now in the hands of very distinguished career prosecutor, Bob Ray.
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With no institutional defender, independent counsels are especially vulnerable to partisan attack,
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Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs.
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In contrast to what most prosecutors do, we try to treat all individuals with complete fairness. We do not go out and hold press conferences and the like.
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Lying under oath, and encouraging lies under oath, does go to the very heart and soul of what courts do. If we say we don't care, let's forget about courts, and we'll just have other ways of figuring out how to handle disputes.
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There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
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Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do.
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The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.
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I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.
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The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.
You're making me feel like a skunk at the garden party.
Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant.
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I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.