how liberal lawyer turn

2. I'd be curious if he would pass a cognitive exam for early dementia detection..

It sounds like a full-on personality change. That really isn't "normal."

4. But now, MSN, you have given us a story about a Democrat who turned republiQan because

he went bat-shit crazy. Now how about giving us a story of a republiQan who turned Democrat because the PARTY went bat-shit crazy??

6. This guy

mirrors how so many people I know went from being SEEMINGLY decent and reasonable people to hardcore Trumpers or Q-types, practically overnight. This is almost an epidemic in the area I (currently) call home as so many "love and light" types have embraced hard right notions.

Who defended Jimmy Hoffa and Frank Costello?

The closest comparison he could come up with was to Edward Bennett Williams, the Washington trial attorney who defended Jimmy Hoffa and Mafia boss Frank Costello—“except that Ed Bennett Williams is to the Catholic Church as Judaism is to me.”. Maybe the question isn’t what happened to Alan Dershowitz.

Who wrote "For the ACLU"?

In an op-ed in The Hill, Dershowitz accused the organization of having “abandoned its role as a neutral defender of civil liberties.”. He wrote, “For the ACLU,” he wrote, “getting Trump, trumps civil liberties.”.

How many times did Dershowitz appear on Hannity?

In April, following the Cohen raid, Dershowitz appeared on “Hannity” nine times—including three days in a row. His message is clear: Mueller’s investigation is a witch hunt, and although he doesn’t think Trump should fire Mueller, the president would be within his rights to do it.

What did Dershowitz fail to recognize?

They say Dershowitz has failed to recognize that we’re in a new moment, when for the first time in our lives a president is flirting with authoritarianism in a way that , if unchecked, could bring down the very system that Dershowitz has spent his life defending.

What are some criticisms of Dershowitz?

The most impassioned criticisms of Dershowitz concern “tone and audience” —a polite way of saying that Dershowitz shouldn’t air his concerns on Fox News. One can detect in this critique some measure of resentment and jealousy. Dershowitz is a terrific TV guest.

Why did Dershowitz get more TV airtime?

Around then, Dershowitz—never one to overlook a celebrity being railroaded—started getting more TV airtime for his argument that a sitting president could not be guilty of obstruction of justice. The liberal intelligentsia recoiled.

When did Alan Dershowitz go to Yale?

When Alan Dershowitz arrived at Yale Law School in the fall of 1959, there was no road map on how to be an American civil liberties lawyer, let alone an Alan Dershowitz. Even now it’s difficult to name anyone comparable.

What do residents of the North say about the California gun laws?

Residents of the north say they are the resistance to the resistance, politically invisible to the Democratic governor and legislature. California’s strict regulations on the environment, gun control, and hunting impinge on a rural lifestyle, they say, that urban politicians do not understand.

Who wrote the article "The GOP will go extinct for a generation"?

The article was authored by Peter Leyden, the CEO of a media company called Reinvent, and Ruy Teixeira, a progressive political scientist. Teixeira argued after Barack Obama’s 2008 election victory that the GOP would go extinct for a generation because demographic trends would make Democrats unbeatable.

Why is California becoming richer?

Due in large part to the state’s housing crisis, California is becoming wealthier and more economically stratified, as more of its citizens find it difficult to make ends meet. Every year, the state falls roughly 100,000 units short of what it needs to keep up with housing demand.

Where does Chuck DeVore live?

As former California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who now lives in Texas and serves as vice president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, wrote for Fox News, “California isn’t the future, rather, it’s what America’s 2016 election of Donald Trump saved the nation from becoming.

Who is the CEO of Twitter?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a “great read.”. Great read https://t.co/O2djSQf8Qv. — jack (@jack) April 6, 2018.

Is California a model for the rest of the country?

California’s fall from being the quintessential American dream to a series of gated communities surrounded by poverty is no model for the rest of the country. To the contrary, it is a dire warning. The year the law creating California’s jungle primary passed has been corrected.

Is California losing residents?

California may be losing residents, and it may have institutional barriers that make it unlikely to see a serious change in state policies. However, this doesn’t mean that there isn’t still a significant portion of the population that resents and opposes the actions of the state government.