Posted on 09/13/2005 10:22:57 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
More surprises from Alan Dershowitz.
As I posted yesterday, in comments on Court TV, Dershowitz made clear he believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and that the right of privacy does not extend to abortion.
Today, Dershowitz offered up these two comments:
1. He would like W to nominate GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah to the Supreme Court, calling Hatch "a true conservative and not a statist."
2. He was been very impressed by Roberts' testimony and thinks that he is also a true conservative, which he meant as a compliment.
Interesting, no?
Dershowitz made clear he believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and that the right of privacy does not extend to abortion.
If it is a privacy issue then why does the public have to pay for it? I think that was his point. If we focus only on privacy then the next logical question is why are public tax dollars used here and around the world on a private matter.
The dem's don't want to have that discussion.
Dershowitz is to the legal profession what Dick morris is to politics. Alan's probably hurting from the bad PR he received for calling Rhenquist a 'republican thug' the same day he died.
Please understand that I am not personally promoting Hatch, but still find it interesting that Dersh would be recommending any lawyer to the right of Barney Frank.
That settles Roberts for me.
Dump him.
Maybe Alan finally grew up!
I think having Dershowitz's endorsement isn't all that great of a thing!
I think Dershowitz is a disturbed man. Calling the deceased Chief Justice a "Republican thug." Is Alan a red diaper baby?
Dersh is apparently still at Harvard. Guess it's hard to get rid of tenured profs, even when they commit anti-liberal heresy.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/facdir.php?id=12
Dersh is apparently still at Harvard. Guess it's hard to get rid of tenured profs, even when they commit anti-liberal heresy.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/facdir.php?id=12
Maybe he is trying to use reverse psychology on us.
Not bipolar...sometimes I do wonder about multiple personality syndrome, though...
If Dersch if FOR Roberts....it makes me kind of leery about him...
And, Hatch...like another poster commented, is TO easily swayed by his "friends" the dems....
IF any Senator were to be nominated, I would go with Jeff Sessions...HE isn't a chameleon, like so many of the politicians are.
Dershowitz is an interesting character. Though a pro-choice, pro-gun control liberal, he nonetheless has the intellectual honesty to admit that Roe v Wade is garbage, and that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, not some worthless collective one.
On the other hand, he will not hesitate to recklessly sling the racist charge against someone he dislikes.
He wants him to nominate the tax evading gay nudist from the first Survivor?
He is more liberal, but sometimes his legal knowledge gets in the way of his politics.
Dersh definitely has an odd combination of traits.
Though it is a fantasy, the chance to have someone like Levin aggressively point out to the world what a complete POS Kennedy is would be priceless.
It never fails to anger me just a little bit that such a disgrace like Kennedy is still around, passing judgment on others with his pompous, self-righteous, insane rants. What he did to Bork with his lies and demagoguery is all one needs to know about this dangerous clown, though sadly it only scratches the surface of his offenses against decency.
Not a statist? Orrin "I want to detroy your computer" Hatch?
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