Dershowitz's defense is his offense

The Politico piece is very good indeed. Thank you for posting it.

I first ran into Scalia in my high school years when he was a regular member of a PBS discussion group run out of (I think) the U of Chicago. I loved the guy's smarts and humor. But I think that at some point, he locked into a political ideology (perhaps largely as a consequence of his Catholoicism) which gave us Bush 2 and much more. I suspect he would have effectively "supported" Trump (in the manner of Dershowitz) more eagerly than he'd have supported Francis. And that would be, to use the legal terminology, fucked up.

Edit: might have watched this series on CBC. And it was at Columbia University, not Chicago.

Here's another one on Dershowitz that should question his character. https://thinkprogress.org/alan-dershowitz-diverse-jury-hurts-trump-761eb0188efa/ The diverse racial makeup of any jury represents this country. Dershowitz's bigotry has no place in our legal system.

That's a tad downside up. Still, someone has to look out for we white people before we're all slaughtered by the world's colored people.

Yeah, "poor" (not financial) whites living with discrimination all their lives. How sad.

Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate

The noted lawyer’s long, controversial career—and the accusations against him.

It's not a flattering portrait.

Just got around to reading that NYer piece. Such a jerk.