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Another thrilling Above the Law bracket challenge in the books. We asked you to decide the biggest disgrace of the Trump lawyer stable, and after tallying all the votes (with the help of Hugo Chávez and his vote-changing Italian satellites) we can go ahead and crown Rudy Giuliani.
In the end, the former mayor pulled away from Harvard Law’s Alan Dershowitz, whose efforts to carve out a presidential exception from obstruction to justice couldn’t quite overcome the Rudy buzzsaw.
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Congratulations to Giuliani on his much-deserved victory. And to all the others in the competition: don’t worry, you’re all disgraces in our book!
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Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.