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Jed S. Rakoff quotes: If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

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

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

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: I have a past of making a fool of myself.

I have a past of making a fool of myself.

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.

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

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

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

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

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

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

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

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

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

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Jed S. Rakoff quotes: Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.