Alan Dershowitz says Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of Trump is unconstitutional | Just The News

Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz says that the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral to the Justice Department against former President Donald Trump is unconstitutional and violates separation of powers. 

During the Jan 6. final committee hearing Monday, the panel unanimously made four criminal referrals against former President Trump.

“In my view, it’s clearly unconstitutional,” Dershowitz said on Monday’s edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “Article One limits the power of Congress through legislative actions. This is not a legislative action naming a specific individual and referring them to the Justice Department. It’s not legislative and it tramples on the authority of the executive branch.”

via justthenews.com

I don’t recall where Congress’s asserted power of criminal referrals comes from. But Uncle Alan might well be correct.