John Yoo writes for The Weekly Standard, April 30, 2012
U.S. military strikes could topple Tehran’s close allies in Damascus and destroy the mullahs’ nuclear infrastructure, potentially ushering in more democratic regimes that would be at peace with their neighbors. But instead of seizing the initiative, the White House has wrapped itself in a web of international law and institutions that have brought only paralysis and indecision.
John Yoo writes for The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2012
Winning a Senate majority could give Republicans the leverage to moderate Obama’s Supreme Court nominees in a second term. But it cannot override a presidential veto, one sure to greet any bills repealing ObamaCare.
John Yoo writes op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2012
Extending due process would hamstring our armed forces and intelligence in combat. A soldier or intelligence agent would have only vague constitutional standards to guide him under the pressure of split-second decisions.
John Yoo writes op-ed for The New York Times, March 8, 2012
The Constitution rightly provides broad executive powers to protect America’s security, especially in responding to unforeseen crises with speed and secrecy. But abusing presidential prerogatives in order to abide by a European code of conduct that erodes American sovereignty eliminates the Senate’s important constitutional role. That does not make America safer; it weakens it.
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2012 by John Yoo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204720204577128610335846568.html?KEYWORDS=Berkeley
War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary.
-National Review Online, January 5, by John Yoo
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/287264/richard-cordray-use-and-abuse-executive-power-john-yoo
It is up to the Senate to decide when it is in session or not, and whether it feels like conducting any real business or just having senators sitting around on the floor reading the papers. The president cannot decide the legitimacy of the activities of the Senate any more than he could for the other branches, and vice versa.
-San Francisco Chronicle, January 8, 2012 by Debra J. Saunders
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2012/01/06/INU21MK95E.DTL
The Constitution, of course, gives the president the power to make appointments during Senate recesses. Technically, however, the Senate was in session…. “He’s poisoning the well,” observed John Yoo, UC Berkeley law school professor and former Bush administration attorney. Worse: “This is going on when his party is in charge.”
-National Review, January 9, 2012 by John Yoo
http://aei.org/article/politics-and-public-opinion/judicial/how-to-end-judicial-supremacy/
Conservatives should agree that the power of judicial review does not confer a bonus of judicial supremacy.
National Review, December 31, 2011 by John Yoo
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286953/unavoidable-challenge-john-yoo
If the International Atomic Energy Agency’s November report is accurate, Iran will soon join the ranks of the world’s nuclear powers. Because of the Obama administration’s reluctance to confront this looming threat, others such as the Republican presidential candidates must begin preparing the case for a military strike to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.
The Boston Globe, November 4, 2011 by Alex Beam
http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-04/lifestyle/30360333_1_john-yoo-law-professor-war-crimes
“Killing an American citizen with a drone missile without any effort to arrest him and without any imminent threat of attack on the US seems to me a far worse deprivation of civil liberties than waterboarding three undisputed top Al Qaeda leaders.”
Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2011 by John Yoo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204485304576642963032597504.html?KEYWORDS=Berkeley
In his first two decades on the bench, Justice Thomas has established himself as the original Constitution’s greatest defender against elite efforts at social engineering. His stances for limited government and individual freedom make him the left’s lightning rod and the tea party’s intellectual godfather.
Worcester Telegram, October 20, 2011 by Dave Greenslit
http://www.telegram.com/article/20111020/NEWS/110209168/1003/NEWS03
A key, and controversial, member of the Bush administration said last night that Osama bin Laden should have been captured rather than killed….”It’s a lot easier to kill them than capture them,” Mr. Yoo said of bin Laden and other terrorists who have been killed, many by drone strikes, while Barack Obama has been president.