Can you please change the title "John Yoo, Whore?" It's an insult to whores.
You're really going to enjoy John Yoo's article in yesterday's Mercury News in which he explains and defends (tries to) Alberto Gonzales in advance of the confirmation hearings.
AS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS NEAR, LAWYER DEFENDS WARTIME POLICY
I'd be laughing if I hadn't been reading John Yoo's report to Gonzales, September 25, 2001: THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISTS AND NATIONS SUPPORTING THEM
"The President may deploy military force preemptively against terrorist organizations or the States that harbor or support them, whether or not they can be linked to the specific terrorist incidents of September 11." Yoo 09-25-11
The President's Unreviewable Warmaking Powers:
"In the exercise of his plenary power to use military force, the President's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable." Yoo 09-25-01
"If one of these people were to appear before the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas would recuse himself. So I don't see the problem."
It's hard to believe a law professor, at Yale no less, could say something so profoundly stupid. Any chance they have post-tenure review at Yale?
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 12-31-04 12:50 AM
"This reflects a bizarre effort to over-ethicize everyday life."
Silly me. I would have thought that ethics, like goodness and deceny, are something we couldn't have too much of.
Remember that readers. "Republicans, the party of ethics --- in moderation".
Posted by Maynard Handley | Link to this comment | 12-31-04 1:19 AM
Can you please change the title "John Yoo, Whore?" It's an insult to whores.
You're really going to enjoy John Yoo's article in yesterday's Mercury News in which he explains and defends (tries to) Alberto Gonzales in advance of the confirmation hearings.
AS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS NEAR, LAWYER DEFENDS WARTIME POLICY
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/editorial/10548366.htm
I'd be laughing if I hadn't been reading John Yoo's report to Gonzales, September 25, 2001: THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISTS AND NATIONS SUPPORTING THEM
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/warpowers925.htm.
The President's Unlimited Warmaking Powers:
"The President may deploy military force preemptively against terrorist organizations or the States that harbor or support them, whether or not they can be linked to the specific terrorist incidents of September 11." Yoo 09-25-11
The President's Unreviewable Warmaking Powers:
"In the exercise of his plenary power to use military force, the President's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable." Yoo 09-25-01
Posted by Apian | Link to this comment | 01- 3-05 1:00 PM