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Alan Dershowitz was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Defamatory biographical detail on the unsealed Virginia Giuffre and Ghilaine Maxwell documents

"Court documents unsealed in January 2024 allege that Dershowitz had sex with a minor trafficked by Epstein "on numerous occasions" and was "present alone" at Epstein's home "in the presence of young girls", according to sworn testimony."

The sentence above which appears in the article is about Virgina Giuffre, but the editor writes it in such a way that you would think that it's a new, unrevealed allegation from a different person entirely, and does not mention the fact that she settled in 2022 saying she made a mistake in identifying Alan Dershowitz. This should be changed immediately. Wayn12 (talk) 11:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- It was added just last week. I removed it as it was improperly sourced as written. SamuelRiv (talk) 05:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Early Education

The article currently says he attended Yeshiva University High School for Boys in Manhattan, when he actually graduated from the now closed Brooklyn Branch of the High School, Brooklyn Talmudical Academy. See the 1955 Yearbook. I'm not an advanced enough editor to fix this mistake, someone with a higher level editor account please correct. Itsik.isserles (talk) 05:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Travelled on the Lolita Express

“Lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former US Sen. George Mitchell and UK's Prince Andrew were among those names declared as passengers.”

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/jeffrey-epstein-case-donald-trump-bill-clinton-traveled-on-lolita-express-flight-logs-reveal/articleshow/106486249.cms — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.41.107.101 (talk) 05:16, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dershowitz has left the Democrats

Shortly after attending the 2024 DNC convention, Dershowitz renounced his affiliation with the Democrats and is now an independent 2603:9001:5FF0:8FC0:E301:5321:FD83:ABEE (talk) 03:04, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Party affiliation

Announced on September 6th 2024 he was no longer a registered Democrat Matt06lfc (talk) 05:46, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 September 2024

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alan-dershowitz-leaves-democratic-party-cites-dnc-i-disgusted

Add the new verified reports. Why is this not already added, it is major news. 2600:1006:B111:F66B:0:48:1788:F001 (talk) 13:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Bunnypranav (talk) 14:09, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]