Dershowitz: Why I Registered as a Republican

I’m a consistently boring person. Since my high school years, my politics, my principles, ideology and values have been the same. I’m a traditional liberal, civil libertarian, and civil rights advocate. I support equality, meritocracy, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and intellectual diversity. I have not changed. But the world around me has changed dramatically, requiring me to switch from being a Democrat critical of the Democrats to becoming a Republican. Even as recently as 10 years ago I couldn’t have imagine myself uttering the words “I am a Republican.” But recent events have pushed me away from the...