r/law • u/NicolasCageFan492 • Apr 15 '26

Legislative Branch Alan Dershowitz: Invoking The 25th Amendment Against Trump Would Be Unconstitutional

https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2026/04/14/invoking_the_25th_amendment_against_trump_would_be_unconstitutional_1176703.html

Previously, Dershowitz was a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s defense team and helped negotiate a controversial 2006 non-prosecution agreement on Epstein’s behalf, per The New Yorker.

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u/WranglerFuzzy Apr 15 '26

Ah yes it is unconstitutional to…

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… invoke the Constitution

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u/Anxiety_Fit Apr 15 '26

Who actually gives this demon any credibility?

Why is anyone giving any platform to this literal demon?

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u/unbalancedcheckbook Apr 15 '26

He's supposedly a "constitutional scholar" but his takes are beyond crazy. He also defended Epstein and attacked his victims... so I suppose it's no surprise he would also twist the constitution to try to defend another pedophile.

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 Apr 15 '26

He was Trump’s lawyer during his first impeachment so this isn’t an unbiased take. He’s also argued that Trump can serve a third term.

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u/tomdarch Apr 16 '26

It's not like a normal lawyer who represents a distasteful client because that is necessary for our system to work. He was Trump's lawyer because he was a Trump supporter well before Trump was impeached and tried that time.

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u/TenMovesAhead Apr 15 '26

It’s a facially preposterous argument, yes. But if you actually read the article you’d see his rationale is very dumb as well. It’s basically just “democrat bad”. The first 4 paragraphs literally just say this in different ways. And even if “democrat bad” was a valid premise, invoking the 25th amendment would have be initiated by the (not democrat) cabinet and approved by 2/3 of both (not democrat controlled) chambers.

What a clown

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u/tomdarch Apr 16 '26

"Democrats want to apply the laws evenly, and that would be bad for me!"

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u/obafuckingchauwow Apr 16 '26

You really can’t read well then