OPINION December 5, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Impeachment has deeply divided our nation – Why weren't legal experts cross examined? Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing squandered an opportunity to educate the public about the criteria for impeaching a president.
OPINION July 26, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Mueller wrongly introduces dangerous concept of ‘exoneration’ in review of Trump actions Exoneration is not the job of our legal system. Mueller’s attempt to introduce it is an extraordinary and dangerous innovation that would endanger the presumption of innocence we all have under the law.
OPINION June 25, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Mueller shouldn’t tell Congress anything about Trump not already in his report When former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies July 17 before two Democratic-controlled House committees about his investigation of Russian interference in our 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump, Mueller should refuse to say anything about the investigation of Trump and his campaign beyond what is already in his report.
OPINION June 4, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Why is Paul Manafort off to Rikers? Prepare to be shocked (and outraged) The decision to move Paul Manafort to the dangerous hell hole that is New York City’s Rikers Island seems abusive and possibly illegal.
OPINION May 23, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Congress is not above the law when it comes to impeachment – Don’t weaponize the Constitution The Framers of the Constitution did not want a weak president subject to the political control of Congress.
OPINION May 14, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: McCarthyism comes to Harvard -- Why this should alarm us all Many troubling arguments have been offered in defense of the decision not to renew Professor Ron Sullivan’s role as Dean of Harvard's Winthrop house. The most common – and dangerous – is that students feel “unsafe” around a lawyer who is representing Weinstein. Feeling “unsafe” is the new mantra for the new McCarthyism.
Russia Investigation March 25, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: A prosecutor's job is to make decisions, Mueller didn't finish the job Ordinary prosecutors know the rules and generally play by them. With the special counsel, they make it up as they go along, as Mueller obviously did in this case when he provided his multiple-choice conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice.
OPINION March 22, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: Mueller just filed Russia report. Here's what Barr should do with it Hold your breath and stay tuned, America. And please, don’t rush to judgment until you have not only read this report
OPINION March 12, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: College cheating scandal is big -- and it may get much worse The federal racketeering indictment filed Tuesday in a college admissions scandal in which wealthy parents allegedly paid bribes to get their children into elite universities is the most serious such scandal ever exposed – and may get worse.
OPINION January 19, 2019 Alan Dershowitz: BuzzFeed report (and Mueller rebuke) a vivid example of “Get Trump” media mindset Media and Democrats wrongly rushed to judgment on BuzzFeed report claiming Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress -- and then Mueller said the report was "not accurate."
