Top 21 Quotes by Jeffrey Toobin

About Jeffrey Toobin

These are some quotes by American author Jeffrey Toobin Lawyer, who was born on May 21, 1960.

The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.

The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.

Jeffrey Toobin

When Obama took office, Republican appointees controlled ten of the thirteen circuit courts of appeals; Democratic appointees now constitute a majority in nine circuits. Because federal judges have life tenure, nearly all of Obama's judges will continue serving well after he leaves office.

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We have never had a president of the United States or a nominee of a major party who was a Supreme Court law clerk.

We have never had a president of the United States or a nominee of a major party who was a Supreme Court law clerk.

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I think trials are inherently dramatic and interesting and are always going to be part of the news.

I think trials are inherently dramatic and interesting and are always going to be part of the news.

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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.

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.

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For a long time, the Court has moved toward outlawing all forms of racial preference, including affirmative action, and Obama seems accepting, even supportive, of the change.

For a long time, the Court has moved toward outlawing all forms of racial preference, including affirmative action, and Obama seems accepting, even supportive, of the change.

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For someone who has been so important to my career, I have had absolutely no interaction with O.J. Simpson one-on-one in my whole life. I've tried many times. I have written him in prison, I've had other contact ... but he never responded, so I have never had a conversation with O.J. Simpson, never met the guy.

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Rodney King is a progenitor of all these cell phone videos that we have. It was unusual that a person had a video camera to take a picture of the Rodney King beating. Now, of course, everybody has a phone, and that has been one of the key factors in all the new attention to the issue.

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Students follow rules. Students complete assignments. The job of students - in part, at least - is to please their teachers. Now, I realize I may be exaggerating a little here, but basically I think I'm right: students do what they're told.

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Courtney Vance and I are college classmates, weirdly enough. We're both Harvard class of 1982. Courtney, as a work-study job, was a typesetter at the Harvard 'Crimson,' the newspaper where I worked.

Courtney Vance and I are college classmates, weirdly enough. We're both Harvard class of 1982. Courtney, as a work-study job, was a typesetter at the Harvard 'Crimson,' the newspaper where I worked.

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