Comments on: Quotable quotes from judge Alex Kozinski

By: DarcySmith

DarcySmith — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:24:00 +0000

He is a piranha, feeding on civil rights. http://youtu.be/x_UV2Mao2-E

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Meh, they just export the power to private entities as they are not so limited.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +0000

These days, piranhas come in both government and corporate guise. Some seems to even shift appearances more readily than octopi.

By: kiavahr

kiavahr — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:58:00 +0000

I think he’s saying “Hizzoner” read the book and provided that quote; try saying it out loud.

By: coffee100

coffee100 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000

It is wrong to use some constitutional provisions as springboards for major social change while treating others like senile relatives to be cooped up in a nursing home until they quit annoying us.

Would that this enlightened wisdom could be more frequently invoked to remind all governments of the Tenth Amendment and the line it draws around the limited powers of the Federal Government.

By: ryedha

ryedha — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:00 +0000

Great quotes and all, but who’s Hizzoner and what does Judge Kozinski have to do with “Little Brother?”

By: Mister44

Mister44 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Oh – I really like this one: “Liberty — the freedom from unwarranted intrusion by government — is as easily lost through insistent nibbles by government officials who seek to do their jobs as by those who sole purpose it is to oppress; the piranha can be as deadly as the shark.”

Beware of the piranha!

By: hymenopterid

hymenopterid — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:11:00 +0000

By: amnyc

amnyc — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Kozinski is also deservedly famous in legal circles for his 1990 decision in U.S. vs. Syufy: in a decision regarding movie theater ownership, Kozinski managed to include the names of 204 different movie titles.

http://notabug.com/kozinski/syufy

By: Charles W. Barnes, Esq.

Charles W. Barnes, Esq. — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0000

Kozinski is awesome. Only read a handful of his opinions, but he appears not to adhere to any orthodoxy.

By: Bevatron Repairman

Bevatron Repairman — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:14:00 +0000

I met a fellow who clerked for Kozinski. On his application, he said he played memory chess (i.e., Chess without a board — one has to remember where your pieces are). Kozinski apparently called him, pulled out his own chess board, and played the guy over the phone. Kozinksi lost and the guy got the job.