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Do you care what Alan Dershowitz thinks about presidential powers ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 OP
Captain Sisko says... FreepFryer Dec 2017 #1
You must be joking question everything Dec 2017 #2
Dershowitz' expertise is in criminal defense litigation The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #3
He is an expert on Convicted Sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, and the Lolita Express, though mackdaddy Dec 2017 #4

question everything

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2. You must be joking
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 01:34 PM
Dec 2017

As someone commented yesterday, he made his name as a court attorney and, I suppose, as a Harvard lecturer, but he is not a Constitutional expert.

The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. Dershowitz' expertise is in criminal defense litigation
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 01:52 PM
Dec 2017

and civil liberties law. There's no question that he knows his stuff in those areas, but his defense of Trump, which I suppose is based on his defense bias, seems over the top and I don't understand why he's so vehement - except that he also really, really likes publicity and controversy.

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