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Alan Dershowitz says House impeachment managers 'overplayed their hand' and went on too long in presenting their case - as he slams 140 scholars who argued that Trump's free speech defense is unethical
Daily Mail ^ | UPDATED: 15:19 EST, 12 February 2021 | KEITH GRIFFITH

Posted on 02/12/2021 2:58:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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1 posted on 02/12/2021 2:58:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The “140 scholars” are the ones who should be brought before the bar for discipline. The wrote an extortion letter to a group of attorneys in an attempt to prevent a person from having legal representation. Seems like there are at least very serious violations of law made by these ‘scholars”.


2 posted on 02/12/2021 3:03:28 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In conferences, this is called “talking past your point”. Nothing is added to the discussion, you are only setting yourself up for confrontation and refutation.

Any wise prosecutor already knows this. And if they have a lick of sense, any defense lawyer knows the same thing.


3 posted on 02/12/2021 3:03:56 PM PST by alloysteel (Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I was watching Newsmax, with Bob Sellers and Mark Halperin talking with others about how the impeachment vote will go.

They and others were just talking about what a great case the Repubs put on, then all of a sudden they switch to how the vote should go politically; what the repubs should do to get suburban voters, what Mc Connell will do, etc.

Not one mention of Trump’s guilt or innocence!

Who cares about future votes? Trump needs a fair vote NOW!


4 posted on 02/12/2021 3:06:30 PM PST by Joann37
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everytime someone dredges up “140 scholars”, “50 former intelligence officials” or “250 ex prosecutors” to give gravitas to some absurd narrative, it is reminiscent of the “100 prominent German physicists” who signed a letter disparaging Albert Einsteins theories in the 1920’s.


5 posted on 02/12/2021 3:11:41 PM PST by allendale
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I agree. It was a great statement by Einstein and I think of it every time one of these arguments based on numbers is raised.


6 posted on 02/12/2021 3:17:00 PM PST by sharpee
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t know why Dershowitz wasn’t on the defense team this time.


7 posted on 02/12/2021 3:19:47 PM PST by Signalman
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dude, where are all the hippie civil libertarians I grew up with? SMH


8 posted on 02/12/2021 3:19:48 PM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: Signalman

He has given many opinions of his own along the way.


9 posted on 02/12/2021 3:26:49 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Signalman

Indon’t know why Dershowitz is still a Democrat???


10 posted on 02/12/2021 3:29:25 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Truth be told, what the democrat sham-peachment managers did with their presentation, could have been done in one hour or less. They wanted to create the perception that there was a lot of evidence against Trump, while the reality was that there was none. Zero, Zilch, Nada. Lots of words full of emptiness.

Everything they did was very repetitive, and when one manager was done, the next came in to repeat the same rant. In fact, the whole thing was idiotic, and the American people were made to endure another episode of Trump Derangement Syndrome by the democrats.


11 posted on 02/12/2021 3:38:17 PM PST by adorno
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All the info the Trump lawyers were presenting was so exhausting to the dems they kept having to take 15 minute breaks.

Poor things.

12 posted on 02/12/2021 3:39:46 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: allendale

Brilliant! I was furious over the 50 former intelligence officials who somehow knew that the Hunter Biden story was Russian disinformation. I shall cite your comparison to the 100 German physicists going forward. Nice indeed.


13 posted on 02/12/2021 3:40:30 PM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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...arguing it 'would be legally frivolous.'

This whole impeachment is 'legally frivolous'...just like their first impeachment. There is no evidence to support a charge of 'inciting an insurrection'. The First Amendment defense is unnecessary. Whether it is 'frivolous' or not is irrelevant.

One cannot 'incite' an activity which had been previously planned.

Further, 'incite' means to whip-up or spur-on others to participate in something. What is 'frivolous' is to maintain that anything President Trump said in that speech was inciting others to engage in 'insurrection'.

14 posted on 02/12/2021 3:44:18 PM PST by Thar U. Havit (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the only thing that lasts is the land!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Always puzzles me.


15 posted on 02/12/2021 3:49:38 PM PST by OSHA
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

~George Orwell

16 posted on 02/12/2021 3:50:30 PM PST by Thar U. Havit (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the only thing that lasts is the land!)
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To: Signalman

Dershowitz offered his service a few times, IIRC. I don’t know why PDJT didn’t take him up on it.


17 posted on 02/12/2021 3:53:24 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Same. He’s too logical and reasonable to be in with the bat crazies.


18 posted on 02/12/2021 3:56:06 PM PST by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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I don’t know why Dershowitz was not involved. But I do think that nobody could have improved on van der Veen’s performance. On the impeachment thread, I dubbed van der Veen the “nasty Dershowitz”.


19 posted on 02/12/2021 4:01:53 PM PST by PerConPat ( A politician is a animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground...Mencken)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I like Dershowitz
Sp?

He’s smart and fair minded.


20 posted on 02/12/2021 4:19:25 PM PST by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!)
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