Alan Dershowitz

The lawyers who are currently indicted in the Trump case were, at least in part, accused based on giving legal advice, filing lawsuits on behalf of clients, and making statements as part of their legal representation of clients.

Not only is Donald Trump on trial in these cases, but the American system of justice is on trial, not only in America but around the world.

Justice Alito was wrong in asserting that Congress lacks the power to compel the justices to enact and implement rules regulating their ethics.

This moment portends a massive change in the norms of this nation that all Americans who care about the neutral rule of law should pay close attention to.

Many of those fighting for today's Ukraine also seem to be fighting for a Ukrainian past that is shameful.

Its findings should be studied by all Americans who care about applying a single standard of justice, regardless of party or personality.

Justice Alito has told The Wall Street Journal that he may know who leaked his draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade, but that he lacks sufficient evidence to accuse the suspect in public.

Equally important to what has been said and done at Israeli demonstrations is what has not been said and done.

None of the 34 charges cites any alleged victim of Trump's crimes. They are the personification of victimless crimes.

Previous prosecutors decided not to indict Trump based on the facts available to them. Has new evidence been discovered?

No democracy has had more transforming elections and more successful demonstrations than Israel. The recent turnabout in the Netanyahu government's plan to rush through a one-sided judicial "reform" is just the latest example of Israel's raucous democracy at work.

Companies that make vote counting machines are suing Fox and others for defaming them. I'm advising clients in several lawsuits involving voting machines, and I'm a frequent contributor to some of these media. So, I am not unbiased. Nor am I unbiased regarding the First Amendment, which I believe is endangered by these lawsuits.

This is not just a "business dispute"; it is a prima facie case of discrimination against Newsmax.

We are experiencing the death of nuanced discourse in many parts of the world today. Instead, we see black or white debate between two sides, each insisting that they are right and the other wrong in every respect.

Alec Baldwin is a rich and powerful celebrity. The law must be applied fairly to him, as it would be to others.

The recent disclosure that President Biden had stored classified material that he obtained while vice president in private facilities will make it more difficult for Attorney General Merrick Garland to prosecute former President Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified information.

The Jan. 6 Committee has voted to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. This referral violates both the letter and spirit of the Constitution for at least two reasons.

Former President Donald Trump recently stated that the massive fraud that he believes occurred in the 2020 election "allows for termination of all rules... even those found in the Constitution." This is a dangerous and unprecedented statement by a former and possibly future president.

Twitter's decision to ban Kanye West raises interesting issues about freedom of speech. Since both Twitter and West are private citizens, the First Amendment is not directly implicated, but its spirit cannot be ignored.

The purpose of a special prosecutor is to avoid both the reality and perception of political bias that is inherent in an attorney general investigating his boss's potential political opponent.

In the early 1960s, law firms were operated on a pseudo-apartheid basis: there were firms that didn't hire Jewish lawyers; there were Jewish firms that hired both Jewish and non-Jewish lawyers; and mixed firms, which hired a few token Jewish applicants.

Academic standards in general have been consistently lowered over the past several decades. That should come as no surprise, because standards for admission to colleges and universities have been lowered as well. To the extent that meritocracy is replaced by other factors, such as identity politics, the standards will continue to diminish.

Why then do some people—even some decent people—refuse to recognize the Armenian genocide? Turkish authorities have done everything in their power to pressure individuals and countries not to acknowledge this genocide.

Volodymyr Zelensky has performed a truly great service on behalf of the Ukrainian people. But he has in the recent past mendaciously denied the role of Ukrainian people in the Holocaust.

There has been scant debate on the actual legal merits or demerits of Judge Cannon's decision.

As I predicted when Democrats sought to impeach then-President Donald Trump on unconstitutional grounds, conservative Republicans are planning to try the same unconstitutional gambit if and when they take control of the House of Representatives. It has now been reported that efforts are underway to begin this process.

Under the First Amendment, there is a strong presumption in favor of transparency and public availability of important documents. This presumption is rebuttable upon a showing of good cause. The showing cannot be a general claim that investigations should be protected; it must specifically point out names, words, and sentences whose unsealing would pose a significant danger.

The administration of justice is not a game.

The international focus on this one shooting is nothing less than a manifestation of international anti-Semitism.

The Biden administration is making a dangerous argument that threatens executive privilege.