Alan Dershowitz
Lawyer described as faculty adviser to Harvard Chabad
Alan Dershowitz (Lawyer described as faculty adviser to Harvard Chabad) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Supreme Court of the United States, NPR Alito retirement report, Citizens United v. FEC.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Supreme Court of the United States
Dershowitz says the Harvard Law School faculty is now overwhelmingly liberal Democratic.
“the Harvard Law School faculty is, you know, 98 percent liberal Democrat”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 22:48
Dershowitz disputes that fear of being called racist motivated the swing justices and urges critics not to psychoanalyze them.
“I would stay away from trying to psychoanalyze or politicize these justices. I think they did what they thought was right”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 28:23
NPR Alito retirement report
- Prediction · due Jun 2027
Dershowitz predicts Justice Alito will likely retire over the summer or at the end of the next term.
“Justice Alito probably will retire over the summer or maybe at the end the next term”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 48:48
Other remarks
Dershowitz says he left the Democratic Party because of the victories of far-left candidates such as Mamdani.
“It's the reason I've left the Democratic Party. I can't be in a party with the people who won those elections or with Mamdani”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 43:08
Citizens United v. FEC
Dershowitz says the coordinated party spending ruling is consistent with Citizens United but bad for democracy.
“I do think that it's consistent with Citizens United, but it's a bad decision from the point of view of democracy”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 41:41
Birth tourism
Dershowitz opposes deporting pregnant women as a response and prefers legislation.
“I'm not in favor of starting to round up pregnant women and deporting them”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 34:11
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Dershowitz argues that the Court's remarks about legislation are only dictum until Congress actually passes a law and the Court rules on it.
“It's dictum until you get legislation. And then if the court strikes down the legislation as being inconsistent with the body of the 14th Amendment, then it's a holding”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 45:36
Originalism and textualism
Dershowitz views the ruling as possibly textually correct but contrary to common sense, and believes Congress can effectively override it.
“So I think this is maybe the right textual decision, but the wrong common sense decision. And I think Congress can overrule it in effect”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 14:22
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Dershowitz argues that birthright citizenship is a foolish policy that no sensible drafter would put in a constitution.
“Look, let's start with birthright citizenship. It's the dumbest idea ever conceived of anybody. No smart person would ever put birthright citizenship in a constitution”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 13:43
Predictions
1 pending
- Prediction · due Jun 2027
Dershowitz predicts Justice Alito will likely retire over the summer or at the end of the next term.
“Justice Alito probably will retire over the summer or maybe at the end the next term”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350 (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 48:48 · NPR Alito retirement report
Appearances
Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 h 44 min
Megyn Kelly, Mike Davis and Alan Dershowitz debate the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling, then Kristen Waggoner and Madison Kenyon celebrate the decision upholding girls' sports bans.
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Often appears with
- Megyn Kelly · 1 shared episode
- Mike Davis · 1 shared episode
- Kristen Waggoner · 1 shared episode
- Madison Kenyon · 1 shared episode