The Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2010 by John Yoo bit.ly/afF6kO (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article) It may well be the Supreme Court that rides to Mr. Obama’s rescue. Even as it rejects the administration’s symbolic terrorism legislation, the court’s new flexibility may lead to its own Miranda […]
John Yoo Hails High Court Miranda Ruling
John Yoo Disapproves of Elena Kagan’s Legal Scholarship
-The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2010 by John Yoo http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/93870464.html#axzz0oJ35OAdW There is a lot to like about Kagan: She is qualified, smart, engaging, and can lead a large, fractious place like a law school. But her gay-rights stance shows her adopting the lazy conventional liberalism of the faculty lounge over the common sense of real […]
John Yoo Argues for Filibuster of Obama Supreme Court Nominee
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 2010 by John Yoo http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/92606454.html Republicans can use the confirmation process to draw even sharper contrasts on the issues that have sparked popular opposition to Obama. They will have to accept a nominee who supports abortion and racial preferences; they will get no one else from this administration. But they […]
John Yoo Calls for SCOTUS Nominee Who Supports Judicial Restraint
The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2010 by John Yoo http://bit.ly/9acSTu (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article) To satisfy his base, President Obama will have to nominate a justice who is pro-choice, favors racial preferences and likes broad government regulation of the economy. But he also has the flexibility […]
John Yoo Says He Teaches Students to Think Independently
Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2010 by Carol J. Williams http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-john-yoo29-2010mar29,0,2621577,full.story “I don’t really care whether they agree with me or not. I don’t care whether they follow me or not. Our mission is to make them better thinkers,” he says. “I would be just as pleased if one of my students became a Democratic […]
John Yoo Backs Goodwin Liu’s Judicial Nomination
Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2010 by James Oliphant http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dc-judge24-2010mar24,0,300298,print.story “I think he’s very well qualified,” said Yoo, who also teaches law at UC Berkeley. “He’s someone who would be chosen by a Democratic president, not a Republican one, but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be a good judge on the bench.”
Christopher Edley and John Yoo Commend Goodwin Liu’s Nomination
Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2010 by Carol J. Williams http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goodwin-liu9-2010mar09,0,1301596.story “Given the electrically charged climate in Washington, any nominee can become a lightning rod,” said Christopher Edley Jr., dean of Berkeley’s law school. “On the merits, he should be noncontroversial. But the reality will be a roll of the dice.” Yoo said of Liu’s […]
John Yoo Criticizes Political Attacks on Obama’s DOJ Appointees
-San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2010 by Debra J. Sanders http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/05/EDQ91CAT1C.DTL&type=printable As former Bush attorney and current UC Berkeley law Professor John Yoo noted, “The president can and should put into place political appointees who agree with him. The Obama administration has placed detainee lawyers in important positions in the government because, clearly, the president […]
John Yoo Answers Questions about National Security and Executive Power
The Washington Post Live Q&As, March 3, 2010 by John Yoo http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2010/03/03/DI2010030301148.html I think men such as Washington, Lincoln or FDR broadly exercised their executive power because they genuinely saw terrible threats to American national security. They often did so knowing that their actions would be controversial and that they would provoke severe political reactions […]
John Yoo Claims He Protected Presidential Power to Wage War
The Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2010 by John Yoo http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083473537079844.html?KEYWORDS=Berkeley#printMode Ending the Justice Department’s ethics witch hunt not only brought an unjust persecution to an end, but it protects the president’s constitutional ability to fight the enemies that threaten our nation today.