Alan Dershowitz chastises former law student Ted Cruz over Jackson questions

Published March 24, 2022 5:40pm ET



Lawyer Alan Dershowitz bashed his former student Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday, calling his questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “absurd.”

During Jackson’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Cruz asked her whether a transgender person can have the legal standing necessary to bring a gender discrimination lawsuit. Dershowitz, who taught Cruz at Harvard Law School, which Jackson also attended, expressed discontent with his former student’s question.

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