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
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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.
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Elections have consequences, and one of them is the winners get to pick the justices.
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Benedict showed Skakel lied about facts and placed himself in places that were incriminating ... I think that's what turned the tide.
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Mesereau got him out on bail. Now it looks like he's never going back in.
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Michael Jackson is one of the dozen best-known people in the world, and he is facing extremely serious criminal charges. That is a very big news story.
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One of the toughest issues here is how much you disclose about the character and history of the accuser in the Bryant case. At some level, it's relevant to her credibility, which is an important issue in the case. But there are also boundaries of fairness and good taste that need to be considered.
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One idea, move the New Orleans courts wholesale to another city, even another state.
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What really matters is who wins presidential elections.
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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.
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This really was a story out of a bad novel.
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There is no legal requirement of any public disclosure of a justice's health. And justices are very cagey and very limited in what they disclose.
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This was such an avoidable problem. She wasn't even charged with insider trading.
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This was a total rout. The story she told investigators after she made the stock trade simply didn't add up.
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This will be an investigation of some complexity given the sheer number of crimes that he's likely to be charged with. So this is a process that's only going to get started today and probably will last several months.