Edward Lazarus Quotations

And then the question becomes, can the guidelines in general be maintained or will the guidelines be thrown out? And we then go back to the regime that existed before the guidelines under which judges had tremendous sentencing discretion. That's another big question in this case.

I think we can be pretty darn sure he's not another Scalia.

We have this idealistic notion in this country that we can live in kind of splendid anonymity, we can walk around and be left alone. And this question really raises, in the post-9/11 era, the issue of whether that's really true anymore.

Some of the things he has said can't be good news to conservatives,

I think if, Kerry wins there's a reasonable chance that you might see Justice Stevens step down, ... And if Bush wins, I think there's a reasonable chance you'd see the chief step down. I think we're getting close to it.

The odds are that the federal sentencing guidelines will be ruled unconstitutional, ... Closed Chambers.

There's a certain romanticism about the court's role in American life, the ability of the court to be a moral beacon for the country, that drives justices to take progressive stands.

She is arguably the most influential woman in the United States, ... Closed Chamber: An Inside Account of the Supreme Court.

The conference itself is not a place of debate, ... They don't engage across the conference table.

This is a situation where, from the very moment the justices start back up in October, they're going to be very divided,