Jeffrey Toobin

Money Is Speech

David Edmund Moody | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Democracy, Citizens United, Jeffrey Toobin, Money, Politics, Politics News

The 5-4 split decision in Citizens United enshrined into law the principle that the First Amendment protection afforded to the freedom of speech embraces or encompasses the expenditure of unlimited amounts of money.

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The "Individual Mandate" Is a Great Advance for Freedom

Jesse Larner | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Unconstitutional, Supreme Court, Liberty, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom, Ron Paul, Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Single Payer Healthcare, Obama, Single Payer, Libertarian, Jeffrey Toobin, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

Libertarians are fond of saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my chin begins." The idea is that the only legitimate limits on freedom of ...

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What Do You Get When You Cross Gloria Steinem with a Call for Aspirin Between the Knees?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Feminism, The New Yorker, The Paley Center for Media, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Equal Rights, Mothers and Daughters, Women and Girls, The New York Times, Feminist.com, Carol Gilligan, Jeffrey Toobin, Pat Mitchell, Women News

I wondered what must it be like to have devoted your entire adult life to a cause continually under fire. And I wondered how she remains optimistic in spite of recent challenges to her life's work.

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Toobin: Activist Supreme Court Could Curtail Congress' Policy Options 'For A Generation'

The New Yorker | Posted 04.02.2012

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It's well known by now that Donald Verrilli, Jr., the Solicitor General, had an off day at the Supreme Court last Tuesday, when he was called on to de...

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Harry Reid Rips Jeffrey Toobin's Obamacare Doom And Gloom

Posted 05.28.2012

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took aim at CNN's Jeffrey Toobin on Tuesday for Toobin's pessimistic words about the future of the Obama administrat...

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WATCH: Jeffrey Toobin Sounds Alarm Bells About Obamacare

Posted 05.27.2012

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CNN's Jeffrey Toobin sounded alarm bells about the future of the Obama administration's health care law on Tuesday. The Supreme Court held its seco...

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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother: At the Athena Awards

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.12.2012

Recipients are asked to adhere to only one caveat: they must speak about a woman who has influenced or inspired them, not their mother. An act of rebellion, this rule was immediately violated.

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Erin Burnett Anchors Out Front

Regina Weinreich | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Mark Whitaker, Bob Jamieson, Erin Burnett, Mort Zuckerman, Ken Jautz, Connie Chung, Anderson Cooper, Pat Kiernan, Maury Povich, Piers Morgan, Jeffrey Toobin, Joy Behar, Jim Cramer, Media News

In the elevator moving 9 floors up the Museum of Art and Design to Robert Restaurant, C and Jeffrey Toobin hotly debated the news of the day: the tria...

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How Much Is Donald Trump Worth?

CNN | Posted 06.21.2011

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Eliot Spitzer and CNN Sr. Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin look at discrepancies by possible GOP pres. candidate Donald Trump in a deposition for a libel ...

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The Stress of Talking About Race Is Nothing in Comparison to the Stress Imposed on Poor Kids

John Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Tough, Nadine Burke, William Julius Wilson, Deborah Meier, Geoffrey Canada, Jeffrey Toobin, Poverty, Education News

Talking about race should be made easier by acknowledging the obvious fact that structural inequities are far more damaging than culture in perpetuating generational poverty.

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Using Social Media to Receive Responses About the Westboro Supreme Court Decision

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, Homosexuality, First Amendment, Snyder v. Phelps, Military, Jeffrey Toobin, Westboro Baptist Church, Politics News

There he is, sitting on an army jeep in a tiny photograph that my grandmother had asked me to enlarge for her. She now has this picture on her wall. T...

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On the Culture Front: A Life in the Theatre, Revisiting the New Yorker Festival, and Redemption Song

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Simmons, Junot Diaz, Andy Borowitz, Wells Tower, T.R. Knight, Steven Adler, Joyce Carol Oates, Ace Frehley, New Yorker Festival, Malcolm Gladwell, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Krugman, A Life in the Theatre, Saturday Night Live, David Mamet, Jeffrey Toobin, Patrick Stewart, New York News

The discussions at the New Yorker Festival have become kind of legendary with events often selling out just minutes after they go on sale.

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On the D-List

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slander, Christie Todd Whitman, Ann Coulter, The New York Times, Ethics, Respect, Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Observer, Jim Jeffords, Politics News

Ann Coulter never met an incongruity or contradiction she didn't embrace. No reasonable debate can take place on the real issues with incessant name-calling, but Ann then turns around and engages in the very things she says are wrong.

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Jeffrey Toobin's The Oath: New Supreme Court Book From Toobin Coming

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Jeffrey Toobin, who examined the inner workings of the U.S. Supreme Court in his best seller "The Nine," probes the court under the O...

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Supreme Okie Doke

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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We should expect the usual lights, camera and dull action during this Supreme Court nomination process. It will be as noticed by the general public a...

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Jeffrey Toobin says Elena Kagan Likely New Supreme Court Justice

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview, Supreme Court expert Jeffrey Toobin reveals his No. 1 pick for Stevens' replacement: Elena Kagan.

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Jeffrey Toobin Faces Off With Ex-Mistress Casey Greenfield In Love Child Court Case: NYDN

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN legal analyst Jeff Toobin was in court Wednesday for a case of his own, according to the New York Daily News. Toobin, 49, appeared in Manhattan F...

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Andy Borowitz and Friends Take the Y

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Obama's First Year in Office, Janeane Garafalo, Jonathan Alter, Calvin Trillin, Culture Scene, Jeffrey Toobin, 92nd Street Y, New York News

No small competition to run up against the State of the Union address, but Andy Borowitz and friends managed to fill New York's 92nd Street Y Wednesday night to the rafters.

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Borowitz: GOP Just Like the Sex Pistols

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Alter, Calvin Trillin, Gop, Janeane Garofalo, Jeffrey Toobin, New York, Barack Obama, Republicans, Video, New York News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit The Republican Party is a lot like the Sex Pistols, according to Andy Borowtiz. No, ...

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The Roberts Court Strikes Out: Legislators on the Bench

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Big business couldn't be more delighted by last week's decision in Citizens United.

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Citizens United Reveals the Danger of Our Right Wing Supreme Court

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here is the dirty little secret the GOP doesn't want you to know: The four extreme right wing Supreme Court justices are as activist as any judges can get.

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Obama Releases List of Approved Jokes About Himself

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The New Yorker, Andy Borowitz, Jeffrey Toobin, Joy Behar, Barack Obama, Comedy News

Saying he is "sympathetic to late night comedians' struggle to find jokes to make about me," Sen. Obama today issued a list of official campaign-approved Barack Obama jokes.

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The Spurn Of The Native

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Did you catch Liz Cheney on Larry live?/Allowing the birthers' claims to thrive/Carville, quite exasperated on Mr. King/Telling us this is, indeed, a very "nutty thing".

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How I Grabbed the Best Bedroom in the Guest House

Wendy Braitman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abraham, Odysseus, James Earl Jones, Golden Gate Bridge, July 4th, Field of Dreams, Jeffrey Toobin, Old Testament, Advice for Singles, Stinson Beach, Barney Frank, Style News

As we head into July 4th, this might be a good time to remind people in pairs that singles often greet summer holiday weekends not with anticipation, but with dread.

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Save The Books! Famous People (and Others) Tell You What Books To Buy

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 05.25.2011

I reached out to a few well-known types (Fred Armisen, Brian Williams, Arianna, to name a few) who were generous enough to offer their holiday book recommendations. Let the recommending begin!

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