Former Justice O'Connor To Lead Off Kent Series Nov 20, 2009
The 2010 series will focus on "The Supreme Court in American Life," and two confirmed participants are retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and author/commentator Jeffrey Toobin ... Jeffrey Toobin, the second announced speaker, is a lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Time magazine lavishly rewards journalistic malpractice Nov 8, 2009
As but one example, about this matter between Wolf Blitzer and Jeffrey Toobin. TOOBIN: This is a real criminal conviction in a country where we tend to honor reciprocal legal arrangements. (Salon)
Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Maine Defeat Nov 5, 2009
Looking at early vote totals, CNN legal-affairs analyst Jeffrey Toobin said if the trend held, the vote in Maine would have enormous implications in favor of gay marriage elsewhere. "That's a big cultural change," he said. (Time.com)
Daily guide to television and radio Sep 22, 2009
Panelists include journalist Matthew Continetti; law professor Annette Gordon-Reed; legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Daily Show With Jon Stewart at 11 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. on COM. Middle East scholar Vali Nasr, author of Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World. (Boston Globe)
Alex Ross: Reviving the art of classical improvisation. Aug 27, 2009
Jane Mayer on torture; Jeffrey Toobin on Ted Kennedy. Ted Kennedy s unlikely impact. (New Yorker)
Who Touched David Brooks' Thigh? Jul 15, 2009
Kausfiles : David Brooks' Deep Thigh. A mostly political weblog. (Slate)
Remote Roulette Jul 3, 2009
Jeffrey Toobin was back in the studio talking probate law. Ding-ding-ding. (Slate)
Battles over Jackson's kids, assets may loom Jun 27, 2009
She may be considered to take over custody for Prince Michael I and Paris, said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who has followed Jackson's legal woes for years. Don't Miss. (CNN -- US)
Jackson's legal woes likely to live on Jun 27, 2009
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was there. "I was standing about 20 feet away from Jackson on the day of his arraignment in Santa Maria when he danced on the top of his car before an adoring crowd. It was one of the most bizarre moments of my journalism career," Toobin recalled. (CNN)
Hope and Change in Iran Jun 27, 2009
Peggy Noonan wrote recently in the Wall Street Journal: "America so often gets Iran wrong." CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin said almost exactly the same thing on the air last week. (Coincidently, his father was the public television executive who sent me to Iran in 1979, stuffing my pockets with cash because we were not confident that credit cards or checks would be useful in the midst of a revolution. (Townhall.com)
41 comments May 29, 2009
Here's CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Cheney's speech: "He chose to speak in a chilling code, in which methods of torture such as waterboarding became 'enhanced interrogation,' in the way that death might be called 'enhanced sleep.'" In their fevered imaginations, waterboarding is a piece of rhetorical Saran Wrap removed from execution ... Anderson Cooper and Jeffrey Toobin: He's talking about you. (Human Events Online)
Bad Medicine May 27, 2009
After President Barack Obama's and former Vice President Dick Cheney's speeches on Guantanamo Bay last week, Jeffrey Toobin that Obama clearly won in terms of "political stagecraft" and substance. Nevertheless, a more complex political battle lies ahead. (Slate)
Sotomayor: A Three-Part Harmony May 27, 2009
May 26, 2009 8:36 PM. Within hours of the news that President Barack Obama had selected Sonia Sotomayor to replace David H. Souter on the United States Supreme Court, Republican lawmakers were tripping over themselves to use the now famous to describe what a good jurist ought to do on the bench. (CBS News)
Editorial: Obama’s first high court pick a slam-dunk (May 27) May 27, 2009
Remember, however, that these are appointments for a lifetime, and Supreme Court justices often end up evolving in unexpected ways during their decades of service; as Jeffrey Toobin s recent book on the court, The Nine, explained, it s not unusual for justices to move toward the center as they work to form voting alliances with other justices. Presidents who thought they had a pretty good handle on how a justice might evolve on the court often have been frustrated. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Expert weighs in on Supreme Court (10) May 24, 2009
Last year, The New Yorker writer and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin told The Harvard Crimson that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer paid Greenhouse the ultimate compliment. If we (the nine justices) didn t think we did something and Linda thinks we did, then I assume she must be right, Breyer said. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The Logic of Empathy May 19, 2009
(Jeffrey Toobin Obama has been vindicated. For some, the confusion over empathy has become acute. (Slate)
The last Bostonian? May 8, 2009
In his book "The Nine," Jeffrey Toobin reports the end of their conversation, with Souter still acting the part of Breyer. "Justice Breyer, what's the best thing about being on the Supreme Court?". (Boston Globe)
ABC Trumpets How Japanese Use Obama to Learn English Apr 1, 2009
Correspondent Sean Callebs interviewed two Texas professionals who owned guns and concluded, "A nurse, an attorney -- not the usual portrait of Second Amendment diehards." After asking a gun store owner if he was "profiting on this fear" of new gun control measures, Callebs expounded on the concerns of gun owners: "In fact, it may not be rational at all. It might even be paranoid. But one thing is certain. Many gun owners believe this President is somehow out to curb their rights and they're... (MediaResearch.org)
Frank's Gutter Tactics Reflect Democratic Party Mar 24, 2009
My father ran a truck stop, Frank told Jeffrey Toobin, author of a revealing article in the January 12, 2009, magazine The New Yorker. He sort of lived on the fringes. (Newsmax)
ON THE INTERNET, STATUS IS EVERYTHING Mar 8, 2009
OR WHY WE ALL KNOW JEFFREY TOOBIN IS MARRIED ... Just ask veteran journalist Jeffrey Toobin. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Charges Loom for Suspect in Chandra Levy Slaying Mar 4, 2009
Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin noted, "For those of us who have been following this case for all these years, Guandique is not a surprise suspect. In fact, one of the big questions about this investigation is why wasn't he focused on earlier. And why wasn't he? Well, this was a botched investigation, I think it's safe to say." But for the Levy family, "closure" is a term they specifically eschew. Susan Levy, Chandra's mother, said, "For the families that remain, there is no closure. Absolutely... (ABC 7 News, DC)
Judges in Nichols Murder Trial Call Courthouse Shooting Case a 'Firestorm' Mar 3, 2009
But it was Fuller's comment to New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin about Nichols that "Everyone in the world knows he did it," that forced the judge on Jan. 30, 2008, to recuse himself from the case. Speaking publicly for the first time about the case since that recusal, Fuller suggested that, in some ways, he is still too close to the events he likened to being "in the midst of a firestorm.". (Law.com)
Tale Pregnant With Possibility Mar 3, 2009
VETERAN journos Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Toobin may want to pull an "Odd Couple" number and share an apartment. As we reported yesterday, the very married Wolff, 55, has clammed up over reports he's been having an affair with gorgeous Victoria Floethe, 28, who works at his newser. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Commentary: Let shame be A-Rod's punishment Feb 10, 2009
Jeffrey Toobin: Congressional hearings put top baseball players on the spot ... By Jeffrey Toobin CNN Contributor ... Editor's note: Jeffrey Toobin is a CNN senior analyst and a staff writer at The New Yorker. (CNN -- US)
My Blog Ate My Career Feb 8, 2009
I declared my irrepressible longing for comedian Russell Brand, actors Jon Hamm and Hugh Laurie, and legal whiz Jeffrey Toobin. (I know, go figure. (Boston Globe)
By 5-to-1 Public Thinks Most Journalists Trying to Elect Obama Feb 8, 2009
After a commercial break which followed Kaye's segment, Brown moderated a panel discussion with CNN's Roland Martin and Jeffrey Toobin, as well as Republican strategist Bay Buchanan, about Palin's record on the environment ... JEFFREY TOOBIN: It's a very extreme view. (MediaResearch.org)
