David Boies
David Boies
David Boiesis an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. He has been involved in various high-profile cases in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 March 1941
CountryUnited States of America
mean thinking rights
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back through our history, an awful lot of what we've fought over, struggled for, is the right of people to vote. That's what the civil-rights movement was, at its bottom, about. At the fundamental level, democracy means a government in which the people vote.
past rights decision
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.
boss partners 1960s
But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.
kids sunday years
I made a penny for each paper delivered every day, plus 2 cents for Sunday papers. I had 120 customers. For a 10-year-old kid in the 1940s, that was a lot of money.
summer boys years
I was a paper boy, beginning the summer between my fourth-grade and fifth-grade years.
judging mind done
You never know when you lose a case whether it was because the facts were against you, or because the judges had already made up their minds, or if you could have done something differently.
law important matter
It was important for the Supreme Court to say it’s a matter of constitutional law that everyone is equal, to say everyone is entitled to the dignity that comes from being married to the person you love.
trials prejudice lost
We put fear and prejudice on trial, and fear and prejudice lost.
direct indirect interest ownership
no direct or indirect ownership interest in Amici.
clear conduct facts laws
The facts are pretty clear of what Cablevision did. If the antitrust laws do apply, their conduct was wrongful.
january view
Was that your view on January 6, 1999?
ballots cannot intent machine manual voter
There are ballots that the machine cannot read but from which voter intent can be discerned by manual review.
effective market people question variety ways
There are a variety of ways people can market browsers. The question is: Are they effective ways to market browsers?
divorce totally
This summer, we're going to totally divorce Sun.