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Re: Anything a president does to stay in power is in the national interest, Dershowitz argues.

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This would give Trump, not to mention all future presidents, a blank check to run a corrupt reelection campaign. That being said, someone should take this to court as it would seem to violate the 14th Amendment, equal protection under the law. If the an incumbent president can do whatever he needs to win, where does that leave his opponent?




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Anything a president does to stay in power is in the national interest, Dershowitz argues.
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Thu, 30 Jan 20 12:20 AM
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Anything a president does to stay in power is in the national interest, Dershowitz argues.

Alan Dershowitz, one of President Trump’s impeachment lawyers, pushed an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power during his trial on Wednesday, arguing that any action taken by the president to help his own re-election is, by definition, in the public interest.

“If the president does something that he thinks will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,” said Mr. Dershowitz, a celebrity lawyer and constitutional law professor.
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http://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/impeachment-trial-live-01-29#anything-a-president-does-to-stay-in-power-is-in-the-national-interest-dershowitz-argues


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