Rebecca Roiphe
@rroiphe
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Law professor @NYlawschool, former Manhattan ADA. What I love: legal ethics, criminal justice, free speech, due process rights, my kids, not in that order.
New York
Joined July 2009
RT @MSNBC_reports: The DOJ met with Ghislaine Maxwell for the second time. Also, the New York Times is reporting President Trump is in a li….
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The Department of Justice met with Ghislaine Maxwell for the second time today. Also, new reporting from the New York Times reveals President Trump is in a list of contributors in Jeffrey Epstein's...
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As Bruce Green and I argue, AGs don’t have the power to remove court appointed US Attorneys. But Bondi did just that with Desiree Leigh Grace .
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Federal judges took a vote and decided not to extend Alina Habba's time as a U.S. attorney in N.J., and the court appears to be well within its legal authority to do so.
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RT @CardozoLRev: #AuthorAnnouncement We're proud to be publishing “Why Courts Should Not Discipline Trump’s Lawyers” by Rebecca Roiphe in V….
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RT @JohnKasich: Behavior that once drew serious consequences now seems all too common in our politics. Members of both parties have crossed….
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It's dangerous to equate law with power and now, unfortunately, we're experiencing why. My piece in @JoinPersuasion
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Legal academia helped pave the way for Trump’s dangerous assault on the rule of law.
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Enjoyed this conversation with @RonSteslow about how the left contributed to the assault on the rule of law. We can recognize how dangerous this moment is and still acknowledge that the critical perspective on the left paved the way for it.
NEW: What happens if the people working as lawyers and judges stop viewing the law as objective—and start treating it as infinitely malleable?. @RonSteslow talks with legal scholar @rroiphe of @NYLawSchool @HdxAcademy about how Critical Legal Studies brought “might makes right”
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RT @PoliticologyPod: NEW: What happens if the people working as lawyers and judges stop viewing the law as objective—and start treating it….
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Important to read the statements of the prosecutors whose independence has been compromised. They are not politically motivated. They have worked for different administrations.
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RT @TheRegReview: In a recent article, Bruce A. Green of @FordhamLawNYC and @rroiphe of @NYlawschool "consider several alternatives to the….
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RT @TheRegReview: In the wake of resignations by attorneys in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Bruce A. Gr….
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Interesting that Judge Ho didn’t define Clement’s role. Is he supposed to make the best argument for not allowing dismissal or just give his best interpretation of the law?
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RT @henrygass: Donald Trump and Pam Bondi have pledged to end the "weaponization" of the justice system. The DOJ's efforts to drop the cor….
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RT @MelissaRusso4NY: Until today, the word from ppl who talk to @andrewcuomo & associates was that he wanted @nycmayor Eric Adams OUT befo….
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RT @AnnaBower: NEW: Judge Dale Ho has ordered a status conference regarding the dismissal of Eric Adams’ criminal charges tomorrow at 2 pm.….
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This paper Bruce Green and I wrote on how prosecutors' offices can preserve their own legitimacy is seeming particularly timely now
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RT @advonyc: In @usnews @NYLawSchool Prof Rebecca Roiphe (@rroiphe) co-authors op-ed on “Why Dropping the Eric Adams Corruption Charg….
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Trump’s Justice Department’s order to drop charges against New York’s mayor for political reasons threatens the rule of law.
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RT @Indira_L: NEW OpEd from @USNews Ideas & Opinions~.A GOP U.S. Attorney Does the Right Thing in Eric Adams' Corruption Case.The DOJ order….
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Trump’s Justice Department’s order to drop charges against New York’s mayor for political reasons threatens the rule of law.
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RT @EdWhelanEPPC: Awesome letter of resignation by Hagan Scotten, lead prosecutor in the Eric Adams case. Scotten, BTW, is recipient of two….
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It's so rewarding to see my scholarship quoted in Danielle Sassoon's fantastic resignation letter. Bruce Green and I have been developing these ideas in a series of articles over the past 8 years in the hope that they would have an impact.
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RT @MelissaRusso4NY: Sidenote: My friend Rebecca @rroiphe cited in Danielle Sassoon’s resignation letter from @SDNYnews for her work on why….
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