Alan Dershowitz

Supreme Court rejects Alan Dershowitz appeal to revive defamation lawsuit against CNN

Dershowitz had urged the justices to roll back protections against defamation claims that the Supreme Court established in its landmark 1964 ruling in a case called New York Times v. Sullivan.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz returns to the courtroom after a break during former U.S. President Donald Trump's hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City.
Alan Dershowitz attends the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025 in New York City.

Alan Dershowitz quits Democratic Party, calling it ‘most anti-Israel party in US history’

Miriam Adelson reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025.

Miriam Adelson pledges $250 million for a third Trump term at White House Hanukkah party

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Ex-Epstein lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, calls for release of additional Epstein materials


Alan Dershowitz has no regrets helping Epstein secure his plea deal

Alan Dershowitz represented convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he was sentenced more than a decade ago to what was generally considered an extremely light term.

Alan Dershowitz outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida

Dershowitz ready to write introduction for Mueller report

Dershowitz is selling special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his investigation with an introduction by the outspoken Harvard law professor himself.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Alan Dershowitz publishes letter defending Netanyahu

"To bring down a duly elected prime minister on the basis of an expansive and unprecedented application of a broad and expandable criminal statute endangers democracy," Dershowitz wrote.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Alan Dershowitz calls for delaying vote on Kavanaugh

“The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to slow down and postpone its vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court until the FBI can investigate accusations against him."

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Center Field: Shunning Dershowitz is political outrage

Loyalty is a virtue. But when single-mindedness meets small-mindedness, loyalty curdles. That slavishness breeds the political methodology of totalitarianism.

Alan Dershowitz at the JPost Annual Conference 2017

Dershowitz says he is socially ‘shunned’ for defending Trump

Famed jurist's complaint began to gain traction this week, with notable figures mocking the academic on Twitter.

Alan Dershowitz (L) and Donald Trump (R)

Natalie Portman: Former friend Jared Kushner is a 'super villain'

On the Late Show, Israeli-American actress says Trump's son-in-law was not a good student.

Natalie Portman poses at the premiere for "Annihilation" in Los Angeles, California, US, February 13, 2018.

Alan Dershowitz's first ride on a United Hatzalah ambucycle

Dershowitz was in Israel last week to attend the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.

Alan Dershowitz sits on an Ambucycle with United Hatzala founder Eli Beer in Jerusalem

Alan Dershowitz is meeting with Trump, who seeks his ‘input’

Trump, who reportedly has had trouble keeping lawyers because he tends not to listen to their advice, in recent months has hired personalities whose television appearances have impressed him.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Jewish leaders caught off-guard by Netanyahu's switch on migrant deal

"[Passover] its not only a holiday that celebrates freedom of Jews from slavery but also recognition that Jews were refugees from Egypt seeking a better home in Israel.”

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel