Jeffrey Toobin Quotes

• Even in Madison’s day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had tried to gerrymander Madison himself out of the First Congress. The term was coined during Madison’s Presidency, to mock Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, who in 1811 approved an election district that was said to look like a salamander.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Practice, Looks, Massachusetts

  "Drawing the Line". www.newyorker.com. March 6, 2006.

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• My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Careers, Long, World

  "On Becoming a Lawyer" by Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. June 20, 2013.

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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.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  United States, World, Surveillance

  "The Snowden Effect, Continued" by Charles P.Pierce, www.esquire.com. August 20, 2013.

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• The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Kings, Gun, Law

  "Edward Snowden’s Real Impact" by Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. August 19, 2013.

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• It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Philosophy, Views, Interesting

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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• Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Long, Judging, Reports

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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• There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Gore

  "Excerpt: Bush v. Gore marks high court's low point" by Jeffrey Toobin, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2007.

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• Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from our work. To feel needed. To feel accomplishment. To believe that our work matters. Being a lawyer gives you a rare chance to experience that kind of success.

  Jeffrey Toobin

  Believe, Giving, Accomplishment

  "On Becoming a Lawyer" by Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. June 20, 2013.

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