Posts tagged “John Yoo”
I’m Sure the Pulitzer Committee Will Be Calling Me Any Minute Now
Obama’s liberal base ‘disengaged’ – USAToday (3/10/10): “The energized base which transformed the nation and elected our first black president (is) now disengaged,” Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile says. “If this was September, I would hit the panic button.” [...] Still, signs of trouble for the Democratic majority in Congress are springing up in: Virginia, [...]
John Yoo And The Limits Of Presidential Power
John Yoo believes that the President of the United States has the constitutional authority and unfettered power to order an entire village to be “massacred”. John Yoo believes that Congress cannot stop the President from using nuclear weapons, if he “thought in good faith he was saving millions of … lives”. (Note that lives don’t [...]
Protecting John Yoo
Administration wants suit against Yoo dismissed – SF Chronicle (12/7/09): The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on national security issues. [...]
Buttercheeks’ Lapse Of Memory Failure
Alberto “Buttercheeks” Gonzales has had a sudden lapse of memory failure. That is to say, he now recalls things again. He was clearly better off, I think, being unable to recall anything and everything of any significance. Because what he remembers now does not uniquely comport with what actually happened. Or what he himself said [...]