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The Law Is Agnostic About Truth. It's Very Skeptical Of Ultimate Truth. That's Why Freedom Of Speech Permits Lies To Be Told.

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.

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 Discomfort, Because You're Dealing With Incredible Moral Ambiguity, And You've Been Cast Into A Role Which Is Not Enviable.

When The Jews Were Being Persecuted By The Nazis In 1944 We Passed The War Refugee Act, Which Focused On Rescuing Jews, A Religious Group. But If The Religious Group Is The Subject Of The Persecution Based On Their Religion, It's Perfectly Ok For A First Amendment-bound Society To Emphasize Their Rescue, Just As It Is Perfectly Ok To Emphasize The Fact That Many, If Not All Of The Perpetrators Of Islamic Terrorism, Come From Countries With A History Of Supporting Terrorism.

I Feel Like My 50 Years At Harvard Were An Interlude. I'm Really A New Yorker.