Alan Dershowitz may be a liberal, but when it comes to constitutional law, his opinions blur the partisan boundary to stay within the letter of the law. Once again, he crossed party lines to side with the president, predicting that “the Trump campaign will prevail in its challenge over late-arriving ballots being counted in Pennsylvania.”
Dershowitz thinks ‘Trump will win’
Alan Dershowitz is a seriously controversial character, representing a whole herd of infamous clients in court, ranging from Patty Hearst to O.J. Simpson, along with Julian Assange, Leona Helmsley, Mike Tyson, and Jeffrey Epstein. He fought like a tiger for President Donald Trump during last year’s kangaroo court of an impeachment trial.
Once again, Dershowitz is siding with President Donald Trump. He is convinced, in his legal opinion, that “Trump will win the Pennsylvania lawsuit.” At least, that’s what he told Joel Pollak in an interview. “Namely, the lawsuit that challenges ballots that were filed before the end of Election Day but not received until after Election Day.”
Referring to the deadlocked ruling in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Dershowitz explained the Constitution won’t allow it. The commonwealth’s high court let a lower-court extension stand, “allowing late-arriving ballots to be accepted so long as the ballots are postmarked by Nov. 3 or if the postmark isn’t legible and arrived several days after the election.” That’s a no-no.
Theoretically ‘right’ but not ‘correct’
Dershowitz points out that the Pennsylvania legislature “had basically said no to that and the Supreme Court said yes because of the pandemic. That may have been the right decision in some theoretical sense, but the Constitution doesn’t permit anybody in the state but the legislature to make decisions about elections.” Liberal judges think they can make the laws by interpreting them as they see fit.
One Pennsylvania judge agreed with Dershowitz on Thursday and “ordered segregated ballots to be excluded from the vote count.” That matches the previous week’s ruling by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito who ordered “Pennsylvania election officials to segregate all late-arriving ballots while legal challenges work their way through the courts.”
It’s crystal clear to Dershowitz. As he noted in the interview, the argument made by the Trump campaign “clearly belongs in federal courts.
The Republican argument is the stronger one.” Whether or not SCOTUS will get to weigh in depends on whether or not the outcome of the whole election is in jeopardy. “The Supreme Court will take the case only if it would make a difference, only if the plaintiffs, the Republicans, can show that the number of disputed ballots that were subject to sequestration by Justice Alito’s decision exceeds the difference between the winning margin and the losing margin.” That means the magic number is right around 30,000 votes as Biden has a 60,000 vote advantage the way the numbers sit now.
God bless Allen Dershowitz and give him courage to stick to his testamony.
The constitution should stand as it is and no other court try to change it. If you don’t like the way it was written you are free to move. No one says you have got stay here. The constitution was developed partly by actual natives and should remain to keep those people free from the tranny of any other government.
AMEN!
What is here to moderate? Are you nitwits? or Chinese pushing censor buttons? Youre moderating “Amen”? u r kidding right?
Isn’t it strange that all questionable ballots are for Biden votes. All Trump votes must have been mostly real, in person voters that the democrats had to cancel out with created ballots.
I do suppose Dershowitz thinks that the SCOTUS can not make decision either that is up to Congress. I suppose making statements which are strictly opinionated and have never been held to is fine for some persons
IPRAY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN PULL THIS ELECTION OUT OF THE HAT AND HE BE THE WINNER.AND WILL SUPER NICE TO SEE A BUNCH OF THE TROUBLE MAKERS FALL BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,PRESIDENT TRUMP DON’T NEED THEIR CRAP,NEITHER DOES AMERICA,THOUGHT WE HAD A WINNER IN BARR,HE NEEDS TO GO WREY IS ANOTHER THAT WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK,WHILE SMILING IN YOUR FACE.MY PRESIDENT KNOWS WHO HAS TO GO.
While I dislike Mr. Dershowitz for his client choices in some cases I do respect him for his standing on the CONSTITUTION. He is a great follower of the Constitution and unlike Obozo he is a great CONSTITUTIONAL LAW teacher. Democraps HATE him as they do anyone who won’t see things their way. He if I remember correctly was also on Bush’s side in the race against Gore.
Dershowitz IS RIGHT but he didn’t break from his liberal/democrat ranks out of the goodness of his heart. HIS NAME IS ON THE EPSTEIN FLIGHT LOG.
Chew on that for a minute. Good for him.. but do we want him in our political reporting circle? I don’t trust him anymore.
Wonder if it would be possible to determine TRUTHFULLY how many people that had never heard of Donald J Trump, yet voted for his opponent simply because admitting that some voted for the opponent merely because their friends were voting for HRC.
How many who have voted for Biden, have ever lived in another country that was clearly Socialist?
Trump is a loser always was and still is. He like a kid thatbullies his way and has the gall to say everything is fixed if he loses.also he was not first in his class at pennsylvania school this guy is a liar.
Yes, you moderated my comment which consisted of “AMEN”! TWICE!