01-28-2020, 08:34 AM
I haven't seen anyone claim that Dershowitz is the reddest conservative in the room Pappy.
I watched Dershowitz's full presentation real-time and think he made a much more compelling argument and presentation than the other attorneys on Trump's team yesterday (which was quite a low bar). At least Dershowitz actually delivered a legal argument based on the case at hand, unlike Trump's other attorneys.
For Republican Senators who know that Trump's actions in regards to the Ukraine shakedown were corrupt abuses of presidential power, but don't want to vote him out of office over it..................I can see them using some of Dershowitz's points to justify their votes without having to foolishly pretend that Trump did nothing wrong, that Trump's personal attorney and ringmaster Giuliani is just a shiny object who should simply be forgotten, that Obama should have been impeached, etc.
Those such "look over there!! / no you!" / Democrats are bad!!" types of arguments by the other attorneys came across to me as transparently foolish attempts to distract from the facts in the case at hand.
I watched Dershowitz's full presentation real-time and think he made a much more compelling argument and presentation than the other attorneys on Trump's team yesterday (which was quite a low bar). At least Dershowitz actually delivered a legal argument based on the case at hand, unlike Trump's other attorneys.
For Republican Senators who know that Trump's actions in regards to the Ukraine shakedown were corrupt abuses of presidential power, but don't want to vote him out of office over it..................I can see them using some of Dershowitz's points to justify their votes without having to foolishly pretend that Trump did nothing wrong, that Trump's personal attorney and ringmaster Giuliani is just a shiny object who should simply be forgotten, that Obama should have been impeached, etc.
Those such "look over there!! / no you!" / Democrats are bad!!" types of arguments by the other attorneys came across to me as transparently foolish attempts to distract from the facts in the case at hand.