Alan Dershowitz rips US President's immigration ban

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January 31, 2017 3:43 PM

The famed Harvard professor is a leading proponent of civil liberties and a defense attorney.

Famed Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz harshly criticized President Trump's immigration ban in an interview with Newsmax on Monday.

Famed Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz harshly criticized President Trumps immigration ban in an interview with Newsmax on Monday.

Dershowitz pushed back on this assertion on Monday. "Sally Yates is a terrific public servant, but I think she's made a serious mistake here," Dershowitz said on CNN.

"There is also a distinction between what's constitutional, what's statutorily prohibited, what's bad policy — this is very bad policy — but what's lawful," he said.

"I think by lumping them all together she has made a political decision rather than a legal one," he concluded, noting that he believed parts to be constitutional while other parts may not hold up under scrutiny.

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