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For a professor of law at one of the country's best law schools, who was also once the go-to guy in the Justice Department whenever the Bush White House needed legal cover for its truly lawless ventures outside the Constitution, John Yoo has revealed a breathtaking ignorance of American values, history, and jurisprudence.In his startling mea culpa, published in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Professor Yoo confessed to advising President Bush that he possessed powers from some source other than the Constitution, that in the name of public safety he could cut down all laws written for the express purpose of restraining the president, and that Americans would expect no less than this so long as they were actually kept safe as a result of it.He advanced the argument that since the president's first job is to keep us safe, he could disregard the 1978 FISA law as "obsolete" -- since it was written in an era when modern day non-state terrorism was not contemplated. By this unprecedente...
EDITOR'S NOTE: See bottom for an update to this story.The obscure branch of the United Nations that shipped sophisticated computers and other high-tech equipment to ...
This month's debates between President Obama and Mitt Romney are focusing on the central position of the presidency in our political system.The president is the lead...
Two law professors, including one who served in the Bush Justice Department, have published a paper charging that President Obama violated the Constitution with his ...
John Yoo on waterboarding
Prof. John Yoo breaks down the Justice Department’s vindication of the interrogation memo.
Alan talks with former Bush adminstration attorney John Yoo on his role in the infamous torture memos
Sunday, 8p ET: Did John Yoo''spush to waterboard terror suspects help take down bin Laden?
Whether the playing field has switched to dueling podiums, fake town halls, or the conference table, President Obama has taken significantly more time than Gov. Mitt...
Former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo joins Alan to debate post-p/11 anti-terrorism policies.
For the second time this year, a federal appeals court shielded a former Bush administration lawyer from a lawsuit filed by a convicted terrorist who alleged the att...
An appeals court on Wednesday tossed out a convicted terrorist's lawsuit accusing a high-ranking Bush administration lawyer who wrote the so-called "torture memos" o...
The Justice Department is refusing to release legal memos the George W. Bush administration used to justify his warrantless surveillance program, one of the most con...
Russia has banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.The list rel...
Russia on Saturday banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.The ...
Russia is banning 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.The list rel...
How is media handling targeted killing policy?
Alan speaks with former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo about the 9th Circuit Court's decision to dismiss Jose Padilla's lawsuit against him.
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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of liberal groups filed petitions Monday seeking disbarment of Bush administration attorneys linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniq...