The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.

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• Jed S. Rakoff:

  An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherent

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost pa

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason op

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  I have a past of making a fool of myself.

• Jed S. Rakoff:

  One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.