I think there is a role for courts in a variety of areas, but the notion that we can allow a federal judge to run our greenhouse gas policy strikes me as preposterous. Neal Katyal Read Quote
I never want to be in the business of predicting what the U.S. Supreme Court will do. Neal Katyal Read Quote
Prosecutors use the conspiracy doctrine to punish two or more people who merely agree to commit a criminal act. They don’t even have to actually perform the act; they just need to have agreed to do so. Neal Katyal Read Quote
The special counsel regulations were written to provide the public with confidence that justice was done. Neal Katyal Read Quote
No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight – by Congress, for example – by ‘pre-clearing’ the president in advance. Neal Katyal Read Quote
In general, presidents do sit for interviews or respond to requests from prosecutors because they take their constitutional responsibility to faithfully execute the laws seriously, and running away from a prosecutor isn’t consistent with faithfully executing the laws. Neal Katyal Read Quote
Our constitutional system is defined by a balance between the public’s need for transparency and the government’s need to have a zone of secrecy around decision making. Both are important, yet they are mutually exclusive. Neal Katyal Read Quote
I didn’t go to fancy schools or come from money or from a family that valued law or public speaking in any shape or form. Neal Katyal Read Quote
Traditionally, in America, we have accountability as kind of a key feature of each branch of government in some way. So, you know, you obviously have to run for office. Or if you’re a judge, you’ve got to be nominated by political officials and so on. Neal Katyal Read Quote
