“This is a personal thing... this is Barack Obama, the lame duck president, undemocratically, with no checks and balances, at a time when Congress is out of session, just getting even. Letting his passion prevail over policy.” Attorney Alan Dershowitz slammed President Obama, following the United States’ decision to abstain from vetoing a United Nations vote that condemns Israeli settlements calling the US abstention "bad for America." Dershowitz says he's "not sure [Obama] cares about America's