Dershowitz was one of Nelson Mandela's lawyers, Hillary clinton was a child molesters lawyer, does that make her a child molester? Allen is a life long democrat who supported both Hillary and BHO (untill BHO became pals with Farakahn ).Here are some of his awards (copy n pasted) Dershowitz has been described by Newsweek as America's "most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights".[4] He was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979, and in 1983 received the William O. Douglas First Amendment Award from the Anti-Defamation League for his work on civil rights.[111] In November 2007, he was awarded the Soviet Jewry Freedom Award by the Russian Jewish Community Foundation.[112] In December 2011, he was awarded the Menachem Begin Award of Honor by the Menachem Begin Heritage Center at an event co-sponsored by NGO Monitor.[113] He has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Yeshiva University, the Hebrew Union College, Monmouth University, University of Haifa, Syracuse University, Fitchburg State College, Bar-Ilan University, and Brooklyn College.[4] In addition, he is a member of the International Advisory Board of NGO Monitor.