I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry fo….

I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one..

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into l….

When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent….

In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the governm….

I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous amount of energy..

In our criminal justice system, we say it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for even one innocent person to be wrongly convicted..

The Internet knows no national borders..

I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't be criminalizing political differences. I've made a career out of arguing that the grand jury i….

I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that b….

That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that..

It is difficult to offend a New Yorker..

Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor..

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, an….

Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. T….

Accusations fit on Greenwald really sounds like he's against all surveillance unless you can find a guy with the Al Qaeda card, wearing an Al Qaeda b….

I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an honest agnostic to a calcu….

For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible re….

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable..

The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in other countries - such as….

I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of di….