Alan Dershowitz
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I think that sometimes he goes too far. For example, he shouldn't be defunding cancer research. He shouldn't be keeping students out by denying them visas if they're good students and if they support values that we support. But remember, when it comes to coming into the United States.
I think that sometimes he goes too far. For example, he shouldn't be defunding cancer research. He shouldn't be keeping students out by denying them visas if they're good students and if they support values that we support. But remember, when it comes to coming into the United States.
I think that sometimes he goes too far. For example, he shouldn't be defunding cancer research. He shouldn't be keeping students out by denying them visas if they're good students and if they support values that we support. But remember, when it comes to coming into the United States.
No one has a constitutional right to come into the United States and then preach against the values that make our country- Wait, but let me just say this.
No one has a constitutional right to come into the United States and then preach against the values that make our country- Wait, but let me just say this.
No one has a constitutional right to come into the United States and then preach against the values that make our country- Wait, but let me just say this.
Well, again, I think it's a good idea to reallocate some of the funds to trade schools. Those are very important institutions in America, and they need the money, perhaps more than Harvard with a $53 billion endowment. But again, I think it could be overgeneralized when you focus on all the visas. Look, Harvard has too many foreign students. When I started teaching at Harvard, What, 3%, 5%?
Well, again, I think it's a good idea to reallocate some of the funds to trade schools. Those are very important institutions in America, and they need the money, perhaps more than Harvard with a $53 billion endowment. But again, I think it could be overgeneralized when you focus on all the visas. Look, Harvard has too many foreign students. When I started teaching at Harvard, What, 3%, 5%?
Well, again, I think it's a good idea to reallocate some of the funds to trade schools. Those are very important institutions in America, and they need the money, perhaps more than Harvard with a $53 billion endowment. But again, I think it could be overgeneralized when you focus on all the visas. Look, Harvard has too many foreign students. When I started teaching at Harvard, What, 3%, 5%?
Now it was up to almost 30%. Yeah, almost a third. Every foreign student who gets a place at Harvard means an American student doesn't get a place. I think Harvard has cynically raised the number of foreign students for financial reasons, but it has produced ideological results.
Now it was up to almost 30%. Yeah, almost a third. Every foreign student who gets a place at Harvard means an American student doesn't get a place. I think Harvard has cynically raised the number of foreign students for financial reasons, but it has produced ideological results.
Now it was up to almost 30%. Yeah, almost a third. Every foreign student who gets a place at Harvard means an American student doesn't get a place. I think Harvard has cynically raised the number of foreign students for financial reasons, but it has produced ideological results.
I think a very high percentage of the anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism is focused on some, not all, obviously, of these foreign students. So I think vetting foreign students is a good idea. By the way, before you can become a citizen of the United States, you have to take all kinds of oaths to support things that the First Amendment would never require you to support.
I think a very high percentage of the anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism is focused on some, not all, obviously, of these foreign students. So I think vetting foreign students is a good idea. By the way, before you can become a citizen of the United States, you have to take all kinds of oaths to support things that the First Amendment would never require you to support.
I think a very high percentage of the anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism is focused on some, not all, obviously, of these foreign students. So I think vetting foreign students is a good idea. By the way, before you can become a citizen of the United States, you have to take all kinds of oaths to support things that the First Amendment would never require you to support.
So there's a big difference between your rights once you're here and once you're a citizen or a permanent resident and what you can say and then expect to get into the United States. Like Oliver and Holmes put it well a long time ago in an opinion involving, I think it was a racist policeman, saying he may have a right to be a racist, but he has no right to be a policeman if he isn't a racist.
So there's a big difference between your rights once you're here and once you're a citizen or a permanent resident and what you can say and then expect to get into the United States. Like Oliver and Holmes put it well a long time ago in an opinion involving, I think it was a racist policeman, saying he may have a right to be a racist, but he has no right to be a policeman if he isn't a racist.
So there's a big difference between your rights once you're here and once you're a citizen or a permanent resident and what you can say and then expect to get into the United States. Like Oliver and Holmes put it well a long time ago in an opinion involving, I think it was a racist policeman, saying he may have a right to be a racist, but he has no right to be a policeman if he isn't a racist.
And I think that's true at Harvard, too. I don't think you have a right to get awards, get prizes, or generally get federal funding if you're engaged in bigotry, anti-Semitism, violations of Title VI. Let's just... Take this back to the 1950s when I was a college student.
And I think that's true at Harvard, too. I don't think you have a right to get awards, get prizes, or generally get federal funding if you're engaged in bigotry, anti-Semitism, violations of Title VI. Let's just... Take this back to the 1950s when I was a college student.