Tuesday, July 03, 2007

DERSHOWITZ == HANNITY???

For some time ago, Hannity has been defending Libby by claiming that the whole case was a matter of criminalizing politics. Now, an eminent law professor seems to have become "Hannitized":

Playing Politics with Libby
Posted July 3, 2007 10:09 AM (EST)
Alan Dershowitz

President Bush acted hours after the U.S. Court of Appeals denied Libby bail pending appeal. That judicial decision was entirely political.

The trial judge too acted politically, when he imposed the harshly excessive sentence on Libby, virtually provoking the president into commuting it.

This was entirely a political case from beginning to end. Libby's actions were political. The decision to appoint a special prosecutor was political. The trial judges' rulings were political. The appellate court judges' decision to deny bail was political. And the president's decision to commute the sentence was political. But only the president acted within his authority by acting politically in commuting the politically motivated sentence.

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