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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The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.
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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 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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Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do.
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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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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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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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Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs.
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I think he inspires just tremendous affection and loyalty by ... a wide range of people,
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I think it was proper what I did. I think I had a duty to do what I did.
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It isn't in the interest of the First Amendment for distortions, lies about career civil servants to be spread about. We don't know who is spreading them about. But lies and distortions have no place in our First Amendment universe.
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My people have assured me ... that they had no indication whatsoever of any involvement (between Tripp and Jones' attorneys,)
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I thought we were to discuss a referral which we believe contains substantial and credible information of potential impeachable offenses by the President of the United States.
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further information gathered as part of your ongoing investigation.