Is Alan Dershowitz OK?

[TomSlick]

I just tried to listen to Alan Dershowitz on Kasie DC. He had to resort to name calling and meaningless touting of his civil liberty bona fides. He was coming across badly - just another arrogant law professor who is confident he is always the smartest person in the room. I started to feel embarrassed for the guy.

He used to be a legitimate civil libertarian. Has he really just become a Trump shill? Is he selling his book. Or is he just past his sell-by date?

[Taraman]

1. The other panelists seemed kind of embarrassed for him

[TomSlick]

4. It was painful to watch.

Maybe his family should intervene?

[ADX]

2. No, he's not ok...

...he's gone completely bat-shit crazy...

[democratisphere]

3. No. Dershowitz is on an IV drip of drumpfian kool-aid.

[dalton99a]

5. He fell in love

[TomSlick]

7. With Trump? With Scotch?

[haele]

36. ...with fortune and a position of prime media stature for the biggest cause d'jour.

Since he's always been skeert of the Nasty Evil Muslins, he eagerly jumped on the very loud mainstream promoted torture and "zero tolerance" bandwagon after 9/11/2001 and never looked back.

He's always been intellectually shallow. That he was able to sound like a civil libertarian (as the O.P. called him) back when he was a callow youth and surrounded by many more legal minds who were actually dedicated to civil rights is not surprising at all.
He just switched one spotlight for another.

Haele

[Owl]

6. No

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I'm afraid he's just another washed-up old guy who used to be at the top of his profession

but has lost the plot, and now he's trying to reclaim his former fame and respect by going on the talk shows and taking a controversial position he can't rationally support. He and Giuliani are two peas in a pod.

[saidsimplesimon]

9. No, he was never OK, nor legitimate, imo.

The sell by date passed long ago, maybe even a half century.

[onecaliberal]

10. It's sad and embarrassing, just like the guy in kremlin annex.

[Grassy Knoll]

11. That Mojo Ain't No Good, He Needs Some Milk!!!

[Wounded Bear]

12. Yes, if by "OK" you mean off kilter...

[TomSlick]

13. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

He used to be a real deal. It really is sad to see.

I wish he had family, friends, someone that would intervene.

[peggysue2]

14. Heard that exchange

Not sure what's going on with the man. The whispers and rumors link him loosely to Epstein and his penchant for underaged girls, wild parties, etc. Not sure whether there's something to that or Dershowitz has simply decided to play the contrarian.

Whatever. It's not a pretty look.

[scarletwoman]

15. He lost the plot a decade & a half ago, when he justified torture during the GWB administration.

He's an unprincipled asshole of many years standing.

[EffieBlack]

16. I think he's not used to being challenged by good lawyers

Usually when he's on those shows, he's the only attorney on the panel or he's up against non-practicing, fairly non-experienced lawyers. He talks over people and puts on his I'm a Harvard Professor airs and no one challenges him.

This time, he was on a panel filled with other lawyers who see through his BS and know that, not only does he have law all wrong, but he's really not all that interested in the civil liberties issues he claims. His purpose is to shill for Trump and sell books.

He got his ass called out today and didn't like it one bit.

[TomSlick]

18. I think that correct.

An even passable lawyer enjoys arguing legal issues with other lawyers. The smarter the other lawyers the better.

When Dershowitz resorted to name calling, it was obvious he wasn't even trying to argue the legal point. I couldn't really find his legal argument for all the ego and bluster.

It was really sad to watch.

[EffieBlack]

19. Yup

[brush]

17. You're right. He's gone over to the dark side. Both he and Ghouliani...

need to step out of the spotlight as they keep embarrassing themselves.

[Stallion]

20. His Idea that Every Government/Justice Department Official That is a Witness...

has to recuse himself for a Conflict of Interest is absolute BULLSHIT. If that were the case a President could obstruct justice with impunity because he would be able to get rid of every witness to obstruction until he found an official who would allow him to obstruct. Every witness to obstruction would have to recuse themselves

[Shaddox]

21. IMO the Dershowitz myth is based on the movie about the Bulow case

Dershowitz is a middling lawyer that got lucky with a profile case - it happens all the time. Even if a bad lawyer loses a profile case they get referred to as “experts” in the field. Absolutely maddening.

[nycbos]

22. Starting to sound a little like Grandpa Simpson

[oasis]

23. Hell to the No!

[Different Drummer]

24. It's the sell-by date thingy. n/t

[RhodeIslandOne]

25. He's always been an asshole n/m

[Trust Buster]

26. One must understand what motivates him first and foremost - ISRAEL.

A.D. is thrilled with Don the Con’s policies concerning Israel. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem was just one move of many. The Zionists have been waiting for an Israeli stooge for friggin’ decades. A.D. will support Don the Con until his death as a result.

[maxsolomon]

34. That is the sole motivation of my elderly neighbors as well.

who would be better for Israel/Likud?

because HRC didn't kowtow to Netanyahu's policies utterly (just mostly, like normal for American pols) and said some things about settlers being counterproductive, they went with Trump.

a Jewish man, who's family fled Berlin when he was a toddler, votes for a shameless fascist because he embraces Israel's Apartheid policies. they suck.

[chillfactor]

27. muted the sound when he was blubbering.....

turned sound up when level-headed speakers came back on.

[Crunchy Frog]

28. He's been past his sell-by date for decades.

[Quixote1818]

29. He saw a niche the networks would be looking for for comment and decided it was

a great way to whore himself and get a lot of paid appearances. The "liberal" who backs up Trump on law issues. Fox grabbed him first of course and then CNN decided they wanted to get in on the action.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. I hope not.

[gibraltar72]

31. Derwoschitz just wants to be relevavent again. i get it but jesus he's soiling himself

[TomSlick]

32. It's really sad.

[Gothmog]

33. WATCH: Ex-federal prosecutor can't stop smirking as Alan Dershowitz melts down and calls her a 'McCa

Link to tweet

[Adrahil]

35. Liberals weren't buying his bullshit anymore.

His blatant publicity hounding eventually hit a dry hole. So he turned to the easiest marks in the land.... Trumpsters.

[smirkymonkey]

37. What is with all these senile old men lately?

It's like they just hit a certain age and completely lose all their faculties.

[TomSlick]

38. Yeah, that happens.

That's why I've asked my family to let me know when I start embarrassing myself (and them) in public. I wish someone in AD's family would intervene with him.

[smirkymonkey]

39. My Dad is older than Trump and Giuliani and the same age as Dershowitz and he's

not even close to being senile. He's a little hard of hearing but that's about the worst you can say about him. I think these men have some underlying mental issues.

[TomSlick]

40. Perhaps.

The onset of senile dementia is unpredictable. I am sure that underlying mental conditions make the appearance of dementia occur earlier.

In any event, it's sad to see someone come so obviously off the rails.

[book_worm]

41. No, he is terribly upset because his liberal friends are turning their backs on him

because of his defending Trump. Poor baby.