--- title: James D. Zirin | TIME description: Zirin is a lawyer, author and TV talk show host. canonical: https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # James D. Zirin ## James D. Zirin _Zirin is a lawyer, author and TV talk show host._ ## James D. Zirin *  Nov 2, 2020 ### [How the Supreme Court Has Always Been Political](https://time.com/5906442/court-packing-election-history/) The past offers a hint about what it might be reasonable for Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, if... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jul 23, 2019 ### [When 'the Boss' Was My Boss: What I Learned Working for Legendary Prosecutor Robert M. Morgenthau](https://time.com/5632838/robert-morgenthau-legacy/) Everyone in the office called Bob “the Boss” out of affection and admiration [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 12, 2017 ### [Not Even Trump Can Break the Justice Department](https://time.com/4854671/donald-trump-jr-russia-investigation-2/) An assessment after all that's happened with the President's son and the Attorneys General [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 14, 2017 ### [The Man Who First Fueled Donald Trump's Political Paranoia](https://time.com/4690261/donald-trump-paranoid/) Donald Trump. Joseph McCarthy. Richard Nixon. Roy Cohn. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/","name":"James D. Zirin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/"},"name":"James D. Zirin","jobTitle":null,"description":"Zirin is a lawyer, author and TV talk show host.","url":"https://time.com/author/james-d-zirin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```