Stephen Gillers
Stephen Gillers
Stephen Gillers is a professor at the New York University School of Law. He is often cited as an expert in legal ethics...
award basis court lack utter
For a court to award that kind of money, the court has to find an utter lack of basis
herself himself justice law
The justice is a law into himself or herself on that issue.
counseling fearful suffered
They suffered because of it, ... They were fearful because of it. They were in need of counseling because of it.
call distorted emphasis extremes grotesque
From the media's perspective, extremes are news, ... completely distorted by the emphasis on what I would call the grotesque or extreme cases.
activity course dubious ethical itself kept swearing
It's unfortunate of course that what kept him from the swearing in was an activity that is itself of dubious ethical propriety.
apply court dealing gifts hold judges justice justices lower people position power rules seems suggest thomas whistling
The rules dealing with gifts don't apply to Justice Thomas because the rules only apply to lower court judges. People give gifts to judges and justices because they have power. And they have power because of their position that they hold in trust. And to suggest that it doesn't matter, no one will care, seems to me to be whistling in the dark.
justice judging lawyer
Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!