ALAN DERSHOWITZ

ALAN DERSHOWITZ

New York, New York
Alan Dershowitz is a Contributor of The New York Sun.

Mr. Dershowitz is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. He has written 52…

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Opinion (Other)

Golden Age of American Jewry May Be Ending, but the Open, Free Market Economy Beckons

The notion that Jews are being ‘overrepresented’ and taking the rightful places of larger minority groups echoes the argument made in tsarist Russia and other nations that imposed the notorious ‘numerus clausus.’

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Opinion (Columnists)

‘Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee’ as Firefighters and a Biden Critic Face Censorship for Dissenting

It may be rude to boo a guest speaker, but rude boos are as protected by the first amendment as polite claps. In America, we do not hunt down dissenters. We protect their right to dissent.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file
Opinion (Columnists)

Whatever Mayorkas Did or Didn’t Do, He Committed No Impeachable Offenses

To the contrary, his impeachment is based on the kind of policy and partisan differences that were implicitly rejected by the framers of the Constitution.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Opinion (Columnists)

Steering a Course Toward the Center Is the Path to Victory in November — Despite the Temptation, for Biden and Trump, To Please Extremists in Their Parties

We are a centrist country that has always eschewed extremes. The vast majority of Americans, whether Democrat or Republican, regard themselves as moderates.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
Opinion (Columnists)

Critics Deploy a Double Standard Against Israel in Its Struggle Against Hamas

No matter what the Jewish state does, there are those who will criticize its every action.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Opinion (Columnists)

Courts Are Playing Too Much of a Role in the Coming Election

Hamilton called the judiciary the ‘least dangerous branch,’ but that was oh-so 18th century.

AP/Mariam Zuhaib, file
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