The Latest From The Annals Of B.S. Conservative Legal Theory

12:52 am EST April 2nd, 2008 | Terrorism | 2 Comments

John Yoo’s memo giving the administration an escape clause for illegal acts in the war in terror has been released. If you look at it, his other work, and the interviews he has given its stunningly clear that he has no idea what the hell he’s doing (nor does Cheney’s legal guy, David Addington). It’s not that I disagree with the conservatism of it, it’s that his basic argument boils down to “if the president does it, it must be legal”. As Richard Nixon can testify, that assertion is without any grounding – legal, moral, or otherwise.

Yet, at least when the president is conservative (they would give no such latitude to Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton), the right will always err on the side of executive discretion.

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2 Responses to “The Latest From The Annals Of B.S. Conservative Legal Theory”

  1. pablo says:
    April 2, 2008 at 5:10 am

    Reserve your front row seats early for the Yoo-Addington War Crimes Trial!

  2. jr says:
    April 2, 2008 at 9:30 am

    The unitary executive theorists monarchism fetish knows no bounds