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hlthe2b

(102,273 posts) Thu Mar 22, 2018, 07:31 AM Mar 2018

Two Former students of Dershowitz take him on (Jeffrey Toobin and Seth Abramson)

calling him out on his "invalid and specious" arguments that embolden Trump

First Toobin on CNN (directly confronting Dershowitz) Watch it here

Then Seth: (click on the tweet to go to the full mult-tweet argument--well worth it)

Link to tweet

Laurence Tribe has taken on Dershowitz in the past, though it is touchy for him, being they are both Harvard faculty. But, I will post any response Tribe may ultimately make.

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Two Former students of Dershowitz take him on (Jeffrey Toobin and Seth Abramson) (Original Post) hlthe2b Mar 2018 OP

The trouble with Dershowitz is that he believes that he became omnipotent when no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 #1

Here (pulled out of the long tweet from Abramson) is his take on why Dershowitz is doing this hlthe2b Mar 2018 #2

Go to ThreadReaderapp.com. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #3

that is useful... thanks hlthe2b Mar 2018 #4

no_hypocrisy

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1. The trouble with Dershowitz is that he believes that he became omnipotent when

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2018, 08:11 AM

Mar 2018

his appeal reversed the conviction of Claus Von Bulow.

Dershowitz's forte is appeals, not litigation or much else. And I can't vouch for appeals 25+ years after Von Bulow.