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Irving R. Kaufman was an American judge who is best known for presiding over the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage during the Cold War. His decision to sentence the Rosenbergs to death was highly controversial and remains a subject of debate. Kaufman's career as a judge was marked by his involvement in high-profile cases, and his legacy is intertwined with the complex legal and moral issues of his time.
"The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society."
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"The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society."

Society, Trust, Court, Public
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"To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks."
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"To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks."

Mind, Perspective, Precedents, Profession
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"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."
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"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."

Authority, Symbol
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"The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it."
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"The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it."

Machine,
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"The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial."
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"The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial."

Decisions, Press
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