Dershowitz on Travel Ban: ‘I’m Strongly Opposed to This Policy as a Matter of Morality’

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SHAWN: "'Wow', says President Trump reacting to the decision from the Supreme Court this morning that upholds his travel ban and reaction continues to pour in, the White House issuing a statement saying it upholds the authority of the president in these type of cases. Meanwhile Attorney General Jeff Sessions issuing his own statement saying, 'Today is a great victory for the safety and security of all Americans. The Constitution and acts of Congress confer on the president broad discretion to protect the interests of the United States. Today’s decision is critical to ensuring the continued authority of President Trump and all future presidents to protect the American people. We will continue to take and defend all steps necessary to protect this great nation.' For more reaction we’re joined by Harvard Law Professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz who is with us now. Professor, you are known as a great harbinger of civil liberties in this nation. What jumps out you the most and is most legally significant by this ruling?"
DERSHOWITZ: "Well we should never confuse support for a policy for the constitutionality of a policy. I’m strongly opposed to this policy as a matter of morality, I think it doesn’t protect us. Take for example a country like Iran, which is a terrorist country and it doesn’t have vetting, but it has so many good people in it who would make great American visitors and citizens. I think generalizing country by country is not the best approach but it’s constitutional. I predicted it would be upheld, I predicted it on Fox, on CNN and many other places. Because there is a big difference between something being good policy and something being constitutional or unconstitutional. So I’m going to continue to oppose the policy."