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Harvard Law Prof:The Law Is An Ass
The American Thinker ^ | 1/13/06

Posted on 01/13/2006 7:47:15 PM PST by the Real fifi

Now we know what he really thinks. In a Forbes piece called “What Kind Of Justice Will Alito Be?” Dershowitz tells us the law is an ass. As you might expect, he is talking about his own approach to the law, which he has no doubt been passing on to generations of bright Harvard Law students.

“Almost all justices vote almost all of the time in accordance with their own personal, political and religious views. That is the reality, especially on the Supreme Court… Though … judicial nominees loudly proclaim that justices should merely apply “the law” in a neutral manner, every experienced lawyer understands that the best predictors of a justice’s actual votes are his or her personal, political and religious predilections.” ...

“It was biography rather than precedent that determined the entirely predictable votes of the justices in Bush v. Gore (the 2000 presidential election case), Roe v. Wade (the abortion case), Lawrence v. Texas (the gay rights case) and so many other critical cases decided by the High Court. ...”

So Roe v. Wade has nothing to do precedent, law and the facts. Neither does the Bush 2000 election case, and all the gay rights decisions that are even now changing marriage laws all around the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alioto; constitution; government; law
The true views of the law held by Alan Dershowitz:The law is anything the judges want it to be
1 posted on 01/13/2006 7:47:18 PM PST by the Real fifi
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To: the Real fifi

Envy is an ugly mistress.


2 posted on 01/13/2006 7:54:21 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Regime change in Iran and Syria is required, and required now.)
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To: the Real fifi

Prof. Alan Dippedinshit, a legend in his own mind.


3 posted on 01/13/2006 7:54:59 PM PST by Founding Father (The War Against Western Civilization Has Begun)
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To: the Real fifi

He's now sunk to being on Court TV... he was one of their commentators during the Alito hearings. Wonder what he did to the networks....


4 posted on 01/13/2006 8:03:25 PM PST by Ike
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To: Founding Father

Alan Drizzlyschitz: a true liberal. Except when it comes to Israel when he turns into a right wing hawk.


5 posted on 01/13/2006 8:09:32 PM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The mighty oak is just a nut who held it's ground)
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To: the Real fifi
Technically, the sentence should read, "The law is a ass." The words were uttered by Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
6 posted on 01/13/2006 8:10:24 PM PST by Publius
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To: Ike

That's because ratings dropped like a rock when he appeared on other networks. I think I can hit the remote button within 6 seconds when I hear his voice.


7 posted on 01/13/2006 8:13:47 PM PST by sgtyork (If Osamma calls someone in the US, should the NSA hang up?)
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To: Sir_Humphrey

"[People are much more conservative when it comes to their own lives...]" - Rush Limbaugh


9 posted on 01/13/2006 8:33:58 PM PST by ROTB (Our Constitution ... only for a moral and religious people... -- John Adams, October 11, 1798)
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To: the Real fifi

Seems like he's just stating the obvious.


10 posted on 01/13/2006 8:36:46 PM PST by rbg81
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Dershowitz is a tool. He needs to fall off that "mighty" horse called Haaaavad and smell reality...

Gore 0; Bush 1

Kerry 0; Bush 1

To the victor goes the constitutional duty to nominate folks to the federal bench.

I wonder what Dershie would have to say if I were nominated for post on the Supreme Court - he'd probably have a heart attack after hearing my answers reading my opinions once seated.

11 posted on 01/13/2006 8:42:21 PM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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The poor bastard-he can't believe there are people in this world who do what they say they are going to do.


12 posted on 01/13/2006 9:52:39 PM PST by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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