Best quotes by Adam Cohen on Government

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• ‟ The public has a right to know what kind of monitoring the government is doing, and there should be a public discussion of the appropriate trade-offs between law enforcement and privacy rights.

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• ‟ The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.

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• ‟ Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.

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• ‟ We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.

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• ‟ Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.

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• ‟ It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.

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• ‟ When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.

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• ‟ The whole New Deal was in a sense just a series of public options, some more optional than others, that offered government as an alternative to the often-flawed private market.

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• ‟ After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.

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