Harvard Law Professor: Perry Indictment is “What Happens In Totalitarian Societies” (Video)

by Duane Lester | August 19, 2014 11:22 pm

Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, a long time Democrat, wasn’t mincing words[1]. He said the indictment of Gov. Rick Perry reminded him of the Soviet Union:

The indictment of Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry over abuse of power and coercion is reminiscent of the way that political dissent was handled in the Soviet Union, legal scholar and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum.”

Dershowitz, who make clear he would never vote for Rick Perry, said Monday the governor’s indictment was driven by politics and is representative of “what happens in totalitarian societies.”

He said disagreement with Perry’s actions is “not the basis of what a criminal charge should be,” adding that Americans have the ability to “vote against him” if they don’t like his actions.

He continued:

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Similar cases of using the criminal justice system to attack political adversaries are cropping up in other states, including Alaska, New York, and Virginia, Dershowitz said, adding that the practice has to end because it makes people “very suspicious of criminal justice and of the legal system.”

“Right now, we are seeing it. It’s beginning to spread. And that’s why it’s so important to put a stop to it now, and to say the criminal law is reserved for real crimes, not for political differences where a party in power or out of power gets revenge against the other party. That’s just not the way to use the criminal justice [system],” he said.

Dershowitz said he cared “deeply about the integrity of our legal system.” He said he is also “outraged” by a conviction against former Texas GOP Rep. Tom Delay, which was overturned in 2013. He said he had been involved in similar cases “all over the world,” and that he hated “to see it come to the United States of America.”

Lawfare. The one of the left’s favorite tools in the collectivist’s toolbox.

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Endnotes:
  1. wasn’t mincing words: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Alan-Dershowitz-Rick-Perry-indictment/2014/08/18/id/589413/
  2. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/aaa1_756-e1408504944176.jpg
  3. Triple Amputee Veteran’s “Screw You” Letter To Obama Goes Viral!: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/barack-obama/triple-amputee-veterans-screw-you-letter-to-obama-goes-viral/%20
  4. The Problem With Airbrushing Kim Kardashian: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/uncategorized/the-problem-with-airbrushing-kim-kardashian/%20
  5. 20 Reasons You Wouldn’t Want To Live In An America Controlled By Liberals Like Obama: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/john-hawkins/20-reasons-you-wouldnt-want-to-live-in-an-america-controlled-by-liberals-like-obama/%20

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