Alan Dershowitz Quotes
Checks and balances often mean inefficiency.
Alan Dershowitz, Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law, C-SPAN, Debate on the Supreme Court, October 25, 2003
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Some would say that the same two questions are still troubling the country.
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Byrnes later was appointed to the court.
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The English Constitution is not as binding on the English government as is the Amercan Constitution. In the English system, the government in power can override the constitution although the rarely do so out of respect for the system. In America, the Constitution is much more controlling and hence would be seen to count for more. In many third world countries, the ruler can “suspend” the constitution in a national emergency.
Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law, and for controversial political views.
