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  • June 2008

    • Court's Gitmo Ruling a Judicial 'Power Grab'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 17, 08 5:23 PM CDT

      Court's Gitmo Ruling a Judicial 'Power Grab'

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay detainees got such praise from newspaper editorials that one might think a “dictator” had been stopped “from trampling civil liberties,” writes former Justice Department official John Yoo in the Wall Street Journal . In fact, the ruling is an unprecedented judicial “power grab” that defies the Constitution and gives terrorists the same rights as citizens. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • John Yoo  • Boumediene

  • April 2008

    • Bush Threw Out 4th Amendment After 9/11

      Washington Post  |  Apr 4, 08 1:23 PM CDT

      Bush Threw Out 4th Amendment After 9/11

      (Newser) - Just a month after Sept. 11, 2001, the Justice Department concluded that anti-terror military operations on US soil were not constrained by the Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure. The conclusion was detailed in a memo written by John Yoo, the theorist behind many of President Bush's expansions of presidential power. Though it hasn't been released, it was referred to in Yoo's 2003 memo authorizing torture, which was released Tuesday, writes the Washington Post . More »

    • This Is What a War Criminal Looks Like

      Salon  |  Apr 2, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      This Is What a War Criminal Looks Like

      (Newser) - John Yoo, who as deputy AG wrote a crucial memo justifying torture, is a war criminal, Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald bluntly argues: Newly released documents reveal "a government official who, in concert with other government officials, set out to enable a brutal and systematic torture regime, and did so." What's more, Greenwald writes, "the underlying theories of omnipotent executive power remain largely in place." More »

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      Department of Justice  • war crimes  • John Yoo  • moral authority

  • February 2008

    • DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

      New York Times  |  Feb 22, 08 8:15 PM CST

      DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

      (Newser) - The Department of Justice is probing its own legal approval of waterboarding for the CIA, the New York Times reports. DOJ ethics chief H. Marshall Jarrett confirmed today that his office is conducting the first public inquiry of the 5-year-old advice and may issue a non-classified report when it is ready. More »

  • October 2007

    • Ex-Thomas Clerk Says Critics Are Unfounded

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 9, 07 10:47 AM CDT

      Ex-Thomas Clerk Says Critics Are Unfounded

      (Newser) - A former clerk for Clarence Thomas lashes out at critical reaction to the justice's new autobiography in a Wall Street Journal commentary today. While liberals accuse Thomas of excessive bitterness over the grilling he received on his Supreme Court nomination, as well as subsequent unfairness, John Yoo points to a thoughtful intellect persevering in the face of unrelenting and unfair attacks. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Clarence Thomas  • John Yoo

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