Live Thread: Impeachment Trial Day 6

[mystery-ak]

Glenn Beck
@glennbeck
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13m
#Dershowitz  - this is the first time I have seen real constitutional debate in DC in a long time.  Refreshing to hear from someone without out being driven by party.

[mystery-ak]

Sara A. Carter
@SaraCarterDC
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11m
This is an incredible lesson in the Constitution. Dershowitz is stellar at explaining and his warnings on impeachment go far beyond - the framers never intended for Congress to be above the Constitution by weaponizing impeachment for political purposes.

[catfish1957]

Which is exactly what I said here yesterday IIRC @mystery-ak

An analogy I used earlier today.

Trump's intent of rooting out mass corruption by the Biden family for delayed funding?

That's like arresting someone for jaywalking while they are trying to save a toddler in the middle of the road.

[mystery-ak]

Phil Mattingly
@Phil_Mattingly
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7m
Dershowitz becomes the first Trump defense counsel to address the Bolton draft revelations.
He says they would not constitute an impeachable offense

[mystery-ak]

Benny
@bennyjohnson
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1h
CNN’s Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin: Pam Bondi “did an effective job of showing how sleazy the hiring of Hunter Biden was.”

“The only reason he got” the job “is because he was the Vice President’s son”

[skeeter]

An analogy I used earlier today.

Trump's intent of rooting out mass corruption by the Biden family for delayed funding?

That's like arresting someone for jaywalking while they are trying to save a toddler in the middle of the road.

Good analogy. I’d only add it’s like arresting someone, who’s wife you coveted, for jaywalking as he tried to save the toddler.

[mystery-ak]

Kambree Kawahine Koa - Text EMPOWER to 88022
@KamVTV
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4m
So Alan Dershowitz just basically said you can't impeach a president because his tweets hurt your feelings.

Funny, we have been saying that for over 3 years.
Kambree Kawahine Koa - Text EMPOWER to 88022
@KamVTV
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2m
So they say he committed a crime but cant name one

[mystery-ak]

Deetz
@Dootster
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34s
#Dershowitz is giving a brilliant argument on the law, American history, the Constitution, the Founders, #impeachment and more. And it’s all very understandable. Best lawyering in the entire process. @AlanDersh
 
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 #SenateTrial @realDonaldTrump

[mystery-ak]

Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake
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2m
Dershowitz: "Would any American today accept the legal system in which prosecutors could charge a citizen with abusive conduct? Can you imagine a crime -- abusive conduct?"

[mystery-ak]

sheila
@liquidlaugh
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57s
Dershowitz breaks it down for Dims
The Shoe Test
The "Shoe on the Other Foot"

[mystery-ak]

Steve Cohen
@RepCohen
 Â· Jan 25
Dershowitz is a criminal defense lawyer, not a constitutional scholar.  That’s why he represented Jeffery Epstein, OJ, & Claus von Bulow. 17 constitutional law professors wrote an open letter explaining that his #impeachment defense defies legal consensus.
http://democracy21.org/wp-content/upl

[mystery-ak]

DeeDee
@ddwiese
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19m
Dershowitz: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln, Reagan, H.W. Bush, and others...
ALL ACCUSED OF ABUSE OF POWER.

NONE were impeached.
That’s because @TheDemocrats
 abuse their power every day. Including today.

[mystery-ak]

Mike Warren
@MichaelRWarren
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1h
By my count there are 7 sitting senators who went to Harvard Law School during Dershowitz’s tenure there, plus Elizabeth Warren, who taught there.

[mystery-ak]

Jamie Dupree
@jamiedupree
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1m
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone says the President's legal team will finish their opening arguments on Tuesday

[skeeter]

Steve Cohen
@RepCohen
 Â· Jan 25
Dershowitz is a criminal defense lawyer, not a constitutional scholar.  That’s why he represented Jeffery Epstein, OJ, & Claus von Bulow. 17 constitutional law professors wrote an open letter explaining that his #impeachment defense defies legal consensus.
http://democracy21.org/wp-content/upl

All smears. The rat leftist will go to any length to avoid addressing what Dershowitz’ actually said.

[mystery-ak]

ABC News Politics
@ABCPolitics
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1m
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: "Even if a president — any president — were to demand a quid pro quo as a condition to sending aid to a foreign country ... that would not by itself constitute an abuse of power."

[mystery-ak]

Ken
@KenFro
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7m
Alan Dershowitz is one smart dude. Not smart enough to NOT vote for Hillary, but damn smart none-the-less.

[mystery-ak]

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
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48m
Dershowitz: Democrats’ “lawless view” of impeachment “would place Congress above” the law & Constitution

[Bigun]

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
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48m
Dershowitz: Democrats’ “lawless view” of impeachment “would place Congress above” the law & Constitution

The legislature is not the ultimate arbiter of its own power...

Alan Dershowitz, 1-27-2020, before the United States Senate in the Impeachment Trial of Donald John Trump

Thought I should make it big and bright enough for people to see and remember it!

[skeeter]

Alan Dershowitz, 1-27-2020, before the United States Senate in the Impeachment Trial of Donald John Trump

Thought I should make it big and bright enough for people to see and remember it!

Amen. And the founders did not intend for them to be, in spite of what the Cato Inst wants everyone to believe.

[EdinVA]

Interview on CBS News... Just wanted to see what they were saying and if it was sanitized..

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-impeachment-team-weighs-in-on-bolton-claims/

[skeeter]

The interviewer was a typically obnoxious rat enabler, and it’s clear most answers were cut short by the editors but the team gave a good account of themselves given the venue.

[XenaLee]

I think the tact taken by the defense team today might have driven a stake through the calls for more witnesses. Half those senators are probably helping themselves in some manner similar to the Bidens, and thanks to the defense team's presentation, most are probably not keen to have this particular characteristic of life in DC receive any more attention than its already gotten.

And of course... most of us here are no doubt torn on this issue.   On one hand... we want to see the Bidens, Pelosi, Kerry, etc., corruption exposed for all to see.   But on the other hand, we want this fiasco of a sham over with.... since it never should have been allowed to begin.   I'm leaning towards the 'over with asap', since even if/when the corruption of the rats is exposed, nothing whatsoever will ever happen to them re: consequences or accountability.

[skeeter]

And of course... most of us here are no doubt torn on this issue.   On one hand... we want to see the Bidens, Pelosi, Kerry, etc., corruption exposed for all to see.   But on the other hand, we want this fiasco of a sham over with.... since it never should have been allowed to begin.   I'm leaning towards the 'over with asap', since even if/when the corruption of the rats is exposed, nothing whatsoever will ever happen to them re: consequences or accountability.

I agree. Maybe Trump will devote a little attention to reforming the system in his second term.  It he needs to be re elected first. This needs to end.

[Bigun]

Most of the people in that chamber, many of them lawyers themselves, have never previously head much of what Professor Derschowitz told them tonight.

Schools of law typically only teach case law these days. Not the Constitution.