Posted on 01/27/2020 11:13:01 PM PST by knighthawk
Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, delivering a spirited constitutional defense of President Trump at his Senate impeachment trial Monday night, flatly turned toward House impeachment managers and declared they had picked "dangerous" and "wrong" charges against the president -- noting that neither "abuse of power" nor "obstruction of Congress" was remotely close to an impeachable offense as the framers had intended.
In a dramatic primetime moment, the liberal constitutional law scholar reiterated that although he voted for Hillary Clinton, he could not find constitutional justification for the impeachment of a president for non-criminal conduct, or conduct that was not at least "akin" to defined criminal conduct.
"I'm sorry, House managers, you just picked the wrong criteria. You picked the most dangerous possible criteria to serve as a precedent for how we supervise and oversee future presidents," Dershowitz told the House Democrats, including head House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
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He got the House managers cold and he ripped through the Bolton boomlet.
Dershowitz showed the country the time being spent on a subject that’s not a crime and isn’t an impeachable offense is absurd.
Trump is guilty of doing absolutely nothing wrong.
Dershowitz‘ presentation was AWESOME!
Where is the CRIME? No one can name a crime.
A crime Isn’t even mentioned in either article of impeachment. You won’t find it listed there.
Right. So what the he’ll is going on? McConnel should have shut this thing down five minutes after Senators were sworn in. We pay these idiots $200k+ for this juvenile charade. Pathetic.
Intelligence, common sense and decency are in short supply in Washington.
This is the Seinfeld impeachment over absolutely nothing.
Dershowitz putting all other liberal asshole lawyers to shame.
No wonder he is now person non grata among the elites. Makes one wonder at how such a fine mind could ever vote for a Hillary.
“Intelligence, common sense and decency are in short supply in Washington.” Unfortunately so true!
And the corruption and incompetence is palatable.
What is going on? The same do nothing congress activities that went on under obama. Kabuki entertainment instead of the service they were sworn in for. How many repeals of obamacare passed our house, but when it came down to reality, they wouldn’t. Its a con game that we are applauding for while footing their lavish lifestyle
The reaction the rats and rat managers had to dershies presentation on constitutional law and the constitution is exactly what the CNN lemon panel was accusing the GOP trump supporters of.......totally confused, lost, glazed over numbness. I enjoy when the rats bring up history, our founding fathers and the constitution, something they know nothing about
Yes, it was awesome, but so few actually got to see it. The Networks are disgusting.
Yep - he opened the door for a quick “No” vote on witnesses and a fast, possibly bipartisan vote to acquit...
Loved how he held up Maxine Waters as rabid, naked lawlessness - kind of insinuated that any that insisted on carrying on the farce were no different than her - OUCH!!!
Dershowitz got his “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” moment. I hope it makes a difference. That would be nice. But I’m sure the Media will just ignore it. Besides, the Don Lemons of the world are incapable of understanding the legal & moral implications of their actions. CNN is an active-player in this impeachment trial.
It was so comforting just to listen to Professor Dershowitz and the other Trump lawyers on Saturday and again, yesterday, and to realize that statesmen/women still exist in the public realm, with the courage to stand against the outright attempts to shred our Constitution and our form of government. Unelected bureaucracies do not make our national policies and their personal views are not allowed, according to our system, to impeach the president just because they have a compliant press which will put forth hate propaganda 24/7 without a pause, hoping those who do not know what Socialism/Communism is will believe it. I am currently reading, "The Age of Entitlement," a new book just out, by Christopher Caldwell, and find it to be one of the most enlightening books I have read in a long time. I highly recommend it if you want to know how the government and it's policies, brought about by the force of growing power and media influence, has turned humanity and normalcy into something we were never meant to be. He makes the dysfunction of our time so easy to understand. If enough people could have access to this man's intelligent assessment, perhaps it is not too late to salvage our future. I won't live to see it, but I hope the younger generations might. The Senate needs to stop this impeachment farce by taking that vote.
The crime is conspiracy to overthrow the American government . The crime was perpetrated by the House of Representatives.
It must not go un punished. Off with their heads. They have forfeited their right to live
+100!! And in situations like this the military now has its excuse to enter the fray and set things right. Bolton and all neocon globalists are persona non grata in the ranks now.
It will embolden a few who have been leaning our way.
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