Trump, new legal guru meet at White House: report

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

In the piece, Yoo said Chief Justice John Roberts's ruling "makes it easy for presidents to violate the law, but reversing such violations difficult" adding that the Administrative Procedure Act would need to be used to undo presidential actions.

Yoo told the Review-Journal that he spoke to Trump over the phone about his article and commented that the president "was really on top of things."

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The president also promoted Yoo's new book "Defender in Chief: Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power" in a Saturday tweet. In the book, Yoo said he did not vote for Trump in the 2016 primary or general elections, saying he was worried Trump "would test, evade or even violate the Constitution," according to the newspaper.

"Boy, was I wrong," Yoo wrote. "Trump campaigns like a populist but governs like a constitutional conservative."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-new-legal-guru-meet-at-white-house-report/ar-BB17u1ro?li=BBnb7Kz

[dalton99a]

1. John Yoo should have been tried for war crimes.

Despicable fascist piece of shit

[underpants]

3. Yes. F Yoo

[soothsayer]

4. Hahaha!!

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Grasswire2]

2. Has Yoo met the FEderalist Society man who just called for Trump impeachment?

Hmm?

[captain queeg]

6. These old crooks can always find a willing ear in the trump WH

[RussBLib]

7. governs like a constitutional conservative?

WTF does that even mean? We have a president who pushes every boundary he can find. What is conservative about that? Does that give him the right to simply disregard the SCOTUS as he is doing with DACA, the families separated at the border, his taxes, and who knows what else?

[Nexus2]

19. Trump Fans always seem to living in another dimension, maybe in Trump's head...

I recently heard one, a self described Libertarian, say that while Trump's demeanor was off putting he is a manger and his managerial performance won him this man's vote again. What? And ceaseless praise his groupies give him for the economy, to the point of parroting his claims the he inherited a bustling economy from Obama 'fake news'.

[Laffy Kat]

8. Guess he's applying for the SCOTUS.

[Laelth]

9. Yep. That's a job application. n/t

-Laelth

[MFGsunny]

10. Barf Yoo. That's all folks! The End. n/t

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Yoo's opinion is just that- the opinion of a fascist war criminal, untested in court Nt

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Yoo says it's OK to crush a child's testicles.

So of course Trump is OK with Yoo.

https://abovethelaw.com/2019/09/john-yoo-crushes-the-testicles-of-logic/

[Thekaspervote]

13. One power hungry fucking idiot meets another!!

[bucolic_frolic]

14. So to invalidate ACA the Administrative Procedure Act is needed, right?

You see? Republican acts are irreversible, but Democratic ones are swiss cheese.

Double standard. As usual.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Trying to make a legal argument for another human rights violation.

[JDC]

16. "Governs like a Constitutional conservative" what a load of horseshit

Plugging a book conveniently.

[howardmappel]

17. Boalt Hall / UC Berkeley School of Law

As an alumnus, class of 91, they will get no matter from me as long as he has tenure or teaches there. He must go.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Torture is OK guy. W started all this unitary executive, Godddam piece of paper (Constitution) etc

45 is just amplifying that.

[Polybius]

20. And I see a few people defending W here

It's insanity.

[ouija]

21. He is using Trump

To promote his book.

[maxrandb]

22. Yoo is a perfect example of why their can't be any Kumbaya Bullshit this time

I'm having a hard time trying to find one Donnie Dipshit Cabinet Member, advisor or syncophant that does NOT deserve to go to jail for the rest of their miserable lives.

And I may be wrong, but I don't think there is ANY statute of limitation on War Crimes.

Maybe Joe Biden's DOJ could put Yoo in an unmarked van and drop him off in Felugia with a note attached to his lapel..."Torture Lawyer".

This is why America is so fucked up. You have 2 men that should have been in prison years ago... one is in the White House, and one is teaching Law at UC Berkeley.

WTF?

[milestogo]

23. "legal guru" tortures people, tortures the Constitution

[lagomorph777]

24. Fuck Yoo.

Torture enabler needs to be sent to Gitmo forever.

[lark]

25. This is like saying Gorhman loved Hitler.

Yoo is just another lying fascist.

[kskiska]

26. Him again.

I recall his name from Dubya's administration.