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These Toobin-Dershowitz debates on CNN are great. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP
'watched the last one twice... Someone please link video when available for this one! hlthe2b Jun 2018 #1
Dershowitz is becoming a caricature of his former self PJMcK Jun 2018 #2
Toobin has the stronger hand. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 #4
I will turn it on and see how long I last. BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #3

hlthe2b

(102,298 posts)
1. 'watched the last one twice... Someone please link video when available for this one!
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 08:13 PM
Jun 2018

I will be rooting for Toobin, though for sure. (He did well in the last one I saw)

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
2. Dershowitz is becoming a caricature of his former self
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 08:22 PM
Jun 2018

The man seems increasingly out-of-touch. While I've never liked him or his demeanor, he always seemed intelligent and expressive.

These days, he's just another clown trying to normalize the outrageous behavior of Trump and his coterie of criminality.

Although Mr. Toobin was a student of Dershowitz's, he has surpassed his former teacher in his ability to logically and clearly express his legal views.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
4. Toobin has the stronger hand.
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jun 2018

It's absurd to argue an act can't be legal in one instance and illegal in another. If the president pardons someone because he believes it's the appropriate thing to do that would be a constitutional exercise of Article ll powers. If the president pardons a person because that person's brother gave him a million dollars that would be an illegal exercise of Article ll powers.

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