John Yoo

Professor’s book on ethical issues of terrorism and torture published

John Yoo cited in Western Michigan University News, December 19, 2012

“Professor Allhoff has written a challenging work that is sure to generate controversy among both the supporters and critics of the United States’ war on terror,” writes Dr. John Yoo, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. “He applies philosophical, legal and political approaches to deepen our understanding of modern terrorism, the ticking-time-bomb hypothetical and national security. His methodical arguments and brave conclusions will not please everyone, but it will press them all to become more rigorous in their thinking and more careful in their judgments.”

A case for targeted killings

John Yoo cited in The Washington Post, December 7, 2012

President Franklin Roosevelt was truly astonished when told by a reporter that Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been shot down by U.S. planes over a Pacific island after Americans decrypted Yamamoto’s flight plans. FDR had encouraged this “targeted killing” — destroying a particular person of military importance — a phrase that has become familiar since Israel began doing this in 2000 in combating the second Palestinian intifada.

Presidential candidates vary widely on immigration policies

John Yoo quoted in Times-Herald, October 22, 2012 (Link inactive; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips)

John Yoo, a UC Berkeley law professor who worked for the Bush administration and authored memos authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques onsuspected terrorists, called Obama’s relief measure “a serious breach of presidential duty” in a recent paper. Such presidential orders are appropriate to protect national security, but not to guide domestic policy, Yoo argued.

Obama’s UN worship jeopardized national security

John Yoo writes for The Washington Times, October 19, 2012

Monday’s presidential debate no doubt will center on the Middle East, as it should. President Obama has stood by while Iran has closed in on nuclear weapons, Syria has massacred its own civilians and al Qaeda terrorists killed our ambassador to Libya.

UC Berkeley law professor Jesse Choper receives award from state bar

Jesse Choper and John Yoo quoted in The Daily Californian, October 14, 2012

Choper said he feels humbled by the recognition. “I am very pleased to have received it,” he said. “I have studied the names who have received it in the past, and they all have very distinguished careers. I feel privileged and honored to join them.”

John Yoo, a professor at UC Berkeley’s law school, called Choper a “long-time servant” of the law school and the campus whose work studying judicial review and the rights of religious minorities has had a considerable impact on the legal community. “It is fair to say that in both fields, Choper has published leading works that have moved his field forward and influenced generations of scholars,” Yoo said in an email.

Obama has pursued a dangerous change in the powers of the president

John Yoo writes for Foxnews.com, October 12, 2012

Although the Constitution is silent on border control and immigration, the Supreme Court declared long ago that these authorities reside with Congress. Congress has passed an extensive Immigration and Naturalization Act, which specifies the limited cases where the executive branch can suspend the removal of illegal aliens. The act does not give the president the authority to interrupt the deportation of whole classes of illegal aliens, and certainly nothing approaching one million.

UC Berkeley law professor Jesse Choper receives award from state bar

Jesse Choper and John Yoo quoted in The Daily Californian, October 14, 2012

Choper said he feels humbled by the recognition. “I am very pleased to have received it,” he said. “I have studied the names who have received it in the past, and they all have very distinguished careers. I feel privileged and honored to join them.”

John Yoo, a professor at UC Berkeley’s law school, called Choper a “long-time servant” of the law school and the campus whose work studying judicial review and the rights of religious minorities has had a considerable impact on the legal community. “It is fair to say that in both fields, Choper has published leading works that have moved his field forward and influenced generations of scholars,” Yoo said in an email.

Obama has pursued a dangerous change in the powers of the president

John Yoo writes for Foxnews.com, October 12, 2012

Although the Constitution is silent on border control and immigration, the Supreme Court declared long ago that these authorities reside with Congress. Congress has passed an extensive Immigration and Naturalization Act, which specifies the limited cases where the executive branch can suspend the removal of illegal aliens. The act does not give the president the authority to interrupt the deportation of whole classes of illegal aliens, and certainly nothing approaching one million.

If Barack Obama had been president on 9/11

John Yoo writes for The Washington Times, September 10, 2012

Mr. Obama expanded Mr. Bush’s policies, but with a myopic twist. Mr. Obama realized the usefulness of the drone program but forgot the major drawback: Without capturing the terrorists, the United States receives no new intelligence information.

The Supreme Court’s Obamacare legacy (part 1)

John Yoo interviewed by The Washington Post, Right Turn, July 13, 2012

I’m sorry to say that Roberts’s opinion does not follow the conservative approach to interpretation, which should focus on the text and history of the Constitution. Take, for example, his opinion on the taxing power. He does not examine the Framers’ original understanding of the distinction between financial penalties and taxes — he seems to conjure out of thin air that penalties and taxes are the same.
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