Dershowitz throws the Constitution, figuratively, at Ted Cruz

[bluesbassman]

Source: Yahoo News

But when it came to the shutdown and debt-ceiling fight, Dershowitz made his case.

“I think it raises very serious constitutional questions of the kind that Ted Cruz should be interested in. Could you imagine Hamilton and Madison sitting around and drafting the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. They’re talking about how the government has to pay its debts, how it has to secure the credit of the United States, how the House of Representatives to originate bills on revenue. Nobody in a million years would have contemplated the power of Congress to shut down the government, to create doubts about our creditworthiness,” he said.

“I think you can make a very strong argument that what Ted Cruz is doing is deeply unconstitutional. Whether a court would accept that or say it’s a political question is another issue, but Cruz is a principled man. He ought to look at the Constitution and look into his heart and ask himself, ‘What would Alexander Hamilton have done,’” Dershowitz said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/dershowitz-throws-constitution-figuratively-ted-cruz-141406725--politics.html

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More to hang around Cruz's neck during the next election.

[calimary]

1. His premise is all wrong. ted cruz is NOT a principled man.

ted cruz is ego on steroids, with a whole bunch of Macchiavelli thrown in.

[freshwest]

11. +1,000

[lastlib]

15. ...plus an unhealthy dose of Jesse Helms

[Scairp]

18. There is a reason Dershowitz said "reasonable"

It's the Harvard connection and he's giving an alumni the benefit of the doubt. Although how someone with Cruz's education could be so dumb is still a mystery to me. I think the prof is being too kind in this situation.

[daybranch]

22. Ted Cruz is a dominionist

and dominionists have no use for our constitution.

[The Stranger]

2. But what's bullshit is how Douchewitz premised his comments with how principled a man

and how great a student Ted Cruz was.

Douchewitz is insulting himself and Harvard Law School.

[bluesbassman]

4. People change, and one can be principled and still be wrong.

Elizabeth Warren comes to mind. Fortunately for us she was a principled person with wrong ideas that changed for the better.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Unfortunately, Cruz is not up for re-election until 2018.

[jsr]

8. Yes, the Texas asshole will be in the news for a long time.

[lastlib]

16. I'll be waiting.......

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[Javaman]

5. "He ought to look at the Constitution and look into his heart ..."

in order to "look into ones heart" one must first have a heart.

[samsingh]

6. unfortunately he also said cruz had principle

which is clearly incorrect given cruz's lies. just to say he cares about people and then shut down the govnt shows he does not.

[leveymg]

7. Neither of these self-interested celebrity pols are qualified to talk about principles.

I don't know which is worse, the celebrity politician or the politician celeb.

[weissmam]

9. Cruz daddy

remember acoding to hsi wing nut dad Cruz in the anointed one, with a heda the size of a foot ball stadium. he still probabaly thinks he can do no wrong

[freshwest]

10. For saying that demagogue 'Cruz is a principled man' you can STFU now, Dershowitz.

[Snake Plissken]

12. lol @ 'What would Alexander Hamilton have done'

try ... 'what would David Koch tell me to do'

[yorgatron]

13. I think Cruz should emulate Hamilton.

where's a modern day Aaron Burr when you need him?

[okaawhatever]

17. I think we can find 99 volunteers in the Senate and over 400 in the lower chamber. Michelle Bachman

won't fight a duel, but we tricked her and told her it was a NRA fund-raising event.

[Moral Compass]

14. Principled?

..."but Cruz is a principled man."?

Cruz is a principled man? No, he's not. He's a sociopath who doesn't care about you, the Republican party, the nation, the Constitution, or anything other than Ted Cruz!

Dear god, does no one even understand the basic meaning of words any longer?

[okaawhatever]

19. We now have an explanation as to Cruz & Mike Lee's whereabouts during the lunch absence. Cruz having

been challenged to "look into his heart" by Dershowitz, was confused as to the instructions. He called on his friend Mike Lee to explain what the "heart thing" was. Lee, familiar with the term but uncertain of it's exact location, was unable to expedite the process. After two hours of searching they concluded it was a joke being pulled on Sen Cruz by Professor Dershowitz akin to a snipe hunt. Cruz was overheard saying to Lee, "that Dershowitz, he's getting up in years. He also used to tell me I looked like McCarthy. Silly man, It's McCartney and I don't look anything like a Beatle".

[bluesbassman]

20. LOL. DUzy!

[yellowcanine]

21. "....But Cruz is a principled man...." Only in the sense that so were Jesse James and Al Capone.

I guess it depends on whose principles one is talking about.