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In reply to the discussion: Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree [View all]erronis
(15,219 posts)4. Adding more content from the Guardian article
Alka Pradhan, a defence counsel in the 9/11 terrorism cases against inmates in the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, said: John Yoos so-called reasoning has always been based on What can the president get away with? rather than What is the purpose and letter of the law?
That is not legal reasoning, its inherently tyrannical and anti-democratic.
Yoo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Pradhan and other defence lawyers in the pre-trial hearings at the Guantánamo Bay military tribunal have argued that the use of torture against their clients, made possible by Yoos 2002 memo, invalidated much of the case against them.
The fact that John Yoo is employed and free to opine on legal matters is an example of the culture of impunity in the United States, she said.
Our failure to hold him (and other torture-promoters) accountable after the Bush administration enabled him to continue to rot the legal checks and balances around the presidency today.
That is not legal reasoning, its inherently tyrannical and anti-democratic.
Yoo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Pradhan and other defence lawyers in the pre-trial hearings at the Guantánamo Bay military tribunal have argued that the use of torture against their clients, made possible by Yoos 2002 memo, invalidated much of the case against them.
The fact that John Yoo is employed and free to opine on legal matters is an example of the culture of impunity in the United States, she said.
Our failure to hold him (and other torture-promoters) accountable after the Bush administration enabled him to continue to rot the legal checks and balances around the presidency today.
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Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree [View all]
erronis
Jul 2020
OP
tRump is in fascist desperation, a drowning man clutching straws. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2020
#1
I would agree, but I am always stopped by our very flawed justice system
Miguelito Loveless
Jul 2020
#36
If you're talking about who I think, they weren't ridded by internal pressures, either.
erronis
Jul 2020
#18
Consulting the atty. who thought torture was OK and Geneva Conventions "quaint." F' em all
Evolve Dammit
Jul 2020
#20
Yeah, being the bigger person and putting this behind us has really worked out.
Scalded Nun
Jul 2020
#33
he's doing a full court press trying to figure out a way he can fuck the election
Javaman
Jul 2020
#38