Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer, author and Harvard Law School professor emeritus, born in New York City in 1938. He taught at Harvard for about 50 years and became known for high-profile criminal and constitutional cases, including work on O.J. Simpson’s defence team and Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial.
Brian Rose has interviewed Dershowitz four times on London Real between 2020 and 2026. They have talked about why he describes himself as a liberal who left the left but cannot join the right, the criminal cases against Donald Trump, the Israel-Hamas war, and his argument about whether a president could serve a third term.
Each interview is listed below in order.
How Trump Can Legally Be President in 2029 And Exactly How He Does It (2026). His latest interview, a legal walk-through of the 22nd Amendment based on his 2026 book. For his wider politics, watch Why I Left The Left & Can’t Join The Right (2020).
Dershowitz has built his career on the principle that every person, however unpopular, is entitled to counsel and due process. He has said this is why he has taken on some of America’s most controversial clients.
Speaking in 2020, he argued for classical liberal values and centrism, saying he had left the left but could not join the right.
In 2023 he argued that the prosecutions of Donald Trump risked damaging civil liberties and the rule of law for everyone, whatever people think of Trump himself.
In 2026 he argued that the 22nd Amendment bars a person from being elected president more than twice, but is less clear about serving, and set out the routes that might be tested.
Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer, author and Harvard Law School professor emeritus, born in New York City in 1938. He is known for high-profile criminal and constitutional cases and for his commentary on civil liberties, US politics and Israel.
He talked about centrist liberalism, the criminal cases against Donald Trump, due process and civil liberties, the Israel-Hamas war and the laws of war, and whether the US Constitution allows a third presidential term.
Start with his January 2026 interview on the 22nd Amendment and a possible third term. For his broader political outlook, watch Why I Left The Left from 2020.
Four times between 2020 and 2026: in June 2020, April 2023, November 2023 and January 2026.
In his 2026 book and London Real interview, Dershowitz argued that the 22nd Amendment is less clear than most people assume and could be tested. He has also said he does not expect Trump to run.
Get Trump, published in 2023, argues that the legal campaigns against Donald Trump threaten civil liberties, due process and the constitutional rule of law. Dershowitz discussed it with Brian Rose in April 2023.
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