[trisham]

"The shift from responding to past events to preventing future harms is part of one of the most significant but unnoticed trends in the world today. It challenges our traditional reliance on a model of human behavior that presupposes a rational person capable of being deterred by the threat of punishment. The classic theory of deterrence postulates a calculating evildoer who can evaluate the cost-benefits of proposed actions and will act — and forbear from acting — on the basis of these calculations

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I'm impressed. Prepare for the Left to throw Dershowitz under the bus.

[SJackson]

I'm impressed. Prepare for the Left to throw Dershowitz under the bus.

To some extent he's alienated himself over his 2nd Amendment and Roe/Wade opinions. Like Larry Tribe, even if he wanted to be, he wouldn't get a judicial appointment from a liberal administration.

[dennisw]

I'm impressed. Prepare for the Left to throw Dershowitz under the bus.

I think Dersh is so close to doing a Chris Hitchens