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29 Nov 2022, 3:00 am
The brilliant jurist Richard Simons became Acting Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1992 after the resignation of Chief Sol Wachtler. [read post]
19 Jul 2021, 3:56 am
First, there’s former Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s quip that a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
24 Feb 2021, 3:09 am
Former New York Chief Judge, and inmate, Sol Wachtler famously wrote in 1985 that “if a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 5:23 am
But by so illustrating this, he may help change the process. [1]This phrase, “If a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich”, was coined by NY Chief Judge Sol Wachtler shortly after he took office in 1985, and was made famous when paraphrased by Tom Wolfe is his book, Bonfire of the Vanities, as “a grand jury would ‘indict a ham sandwich,’ if that’s what you wanted. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 5:01 am
In a now famous interview, former New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler stated something along the lines of "a grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich' if that's what [a prosecutor] wanted. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 2:48 pm
Perhaps you’ve heard the famous quote from New York Judge Sol Wachtler, which first appeared in a 1995 New York Daily News interview where he explained “…district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that ‘by and large’ they could get them to ‘indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 10:10 am
Some oversight by the courts is necessary to avoid the perception, as stated succinctly by former New York Judge Sol Wachtler, that a determined prosecutor can “indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 9:00 am
Decades ago, Sol Wachtler, the former chief judge of New York state, famously observed that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 3:13 am
Yet, former New York Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s words echo: If a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
22 May 2017, 4:13 am
Should Dersh be forgiven his theft without citation of former New York Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s “indict a ham sandwich” quip? [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 4:27 pm
When New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sol Wachtler observed in 1985 that any prosecutor could persuade a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich,” he was talking about the ease with which the government can satisfy the limited scrutiny applied in any one-sided process, including that through which police routinely secure search warrants. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 5:11 pm
Eric Posner, Einer Elhauge, Robert Clinton, and Sol Wachtler voted nay, Jack Balkin and Laurence Tribe debated the issue at Harvard, Akhil Amar supports Senator Cruz’s eligibility here and here. [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 12:05 pm
"Constitutional history shows Cruz ineligible for White House": Sol Wachtler has this essay online at Newsday. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 10:12 am
Judge Kaye was initially nominated to the position of associate judge by Governor Mario Cuomo in 1983 and she served in that position until 1993 when Chief Judge Sol Wachtler resigned and Cuomo appointed Judith Kaye as Chief Judge. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 4:11 am
It took sufficient pride in the fact that it was more protective of rights that former Chief Judge turned crazy criminal, Sol Wachtler, a moderate Republican, wrote: ”The Supreme Court’s role in construing the Federal Bill of Rights is to establish minimal standards for individual rights applicable throughout the nation,” Judge Wachtler wrote in 1986 in Arcara v. [read post]
3 Oct 2015, 5:35 am
Sol Wachtler’s mark was to distinguish New York’s greater respect for constitutional rights despite the Supreme Court’s watering down of federal constitutional rights. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 9:37 pm
(Hence that line credited to Sol Wachtler that a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.) [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 5:07 am
And no, the Sol Wachtler’s “ham sandwich” quote will not be relied upon to make the point. [read post]
7 Dec 2014, 6:48 am
"That's why former New York judge Sol Wachtler once famously said that a district attorney could get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
29 Nov 2014, 7:41 pm
Former New York state Chief Judge Sol Wachtler famously remarked that a prosecutor could persuade a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich. [read post]
