When John Yoo Thinks You've Gone Too Far....
Even law professor John Yoo, author of the notorious "torture memos," thinks President Trump has crossed the line.
John Yoo (photo by Ed Ritger via Wikimedia)
[E]ven I have grave concerns about Mr. Trump’s uses of presidential power…. A successful president need not have a degree in constitutional law. But he should understand the Constitution’s grant of executive power.
— Professor John Yoo of Berkeley Law, author of the controversial “torture memos,” writing critically in a New York Times op-ed about President Trump’s approach to executive authority.
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David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].
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