Comments on: National Lawyers Guild calls for Yoo’s disbarment.

By: JulieAshcraft

JulieAshcraft — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:44:32 +0000

“11. StratRat Says:
In my idealistic view, I thought lawyers kept copies of the Constitution handy as a reference. When requests came down to circumvent that document, true patriots would have turned and ran the other way.”

Jack Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (a Conservative, appointed by Bush) stood up to pressure from senior officials in the Bush Administration when he informed them that some of the interrogation techniques they were promoting were not legal. See his book, The Terror Presidency, and see the PBS show, FRONTLINE, episode titled “Cheney’s War.”

By: youtube

youtube — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:12:19 +0000

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By: Chocolate Jesus

Chocolate Jesus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:59:32 +0000

>It would insulate them from any action by the Hague and >restrict jurisdiction for such a prosecution to the US.

No it woudlnt. THe ICC has juridiction when the accused persons home country refuses to prosecute the defendant for any reason. Immunity being on the books may be one reason the
person isnt prosecuted, but there may be others..

By: sunshineempire

sunshineempire — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:29:16 +0000

I don’t believe that 80% of the American public knows that the Military Commissions Act actually provides immunity from prosecution. As with the case of the telecommunications companies immunity I ask, if you did nothing wrong why the need for immunity?

By: GeeDubs

GeeDubs — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:58:44 +0000

Legal underpinnings my ass! There’s no logic nor morality to what Yoo did. It was a sorry attempt to cover the administration in the cloak of legality when it was nothing of the sort. Basing policies on such a tissue of crap doesn’t have any ultimate legal authority. Good for the National Lawyers Guild. Get this criminal behind bars.

By: martskers

martskers — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:41:56 +0000

What does it say about the Boalt Hall Law School that it continues to employ this war criminal? Isn’t harboring a criminal a crime in and of itself?

If the school won’t take action to rid itself of this pox on humanity, what would serve it right would be a boycott, organized or otherwise, by aspiring law school applicants. Why would someone want to be known as having attended a law school that provided aid and comfort to this barbarian.

Let’s see how long the school continues to shelter Mr. Yoo when its pool of applicants dries up.

By: zuch

zuch — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:59:22 +0000

#6 MCMetal:

While I do generally agree with this entire assessment , Yoo was merely a facilitator…The entire Chimpy administration are the architects of this entire sorry episode , and should be put on trial before Yoo is……….

Wow. You’re a psychic. They, OTOH, are psychotics….

Cheers,

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:48:54 +0000

#30 Max-1 Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Oops… wrong thread. sry ;/

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:44:26 +0000

If the “ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES” were “LEGAL” then why the need for immunity for the interrogators?

If the speed limit is 55mph, do I need immunity to go 54mph?

Notice in the piece the reporter keeps educating the public that these techniques were claimed to be LEGAL by the Justice Department based on a memo written later to be rebutted by the White House. All while she did mention Tenent wanted that immunity for his agents.

DOUBLESPEAK PLUS GOOD!

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:17:21 +0000

What gives them the idea the U.S. stopped the torture in 2005? Is there hard evidence? How about dated videotapes? No?

Too many people in positions who should know the difference still think we are dealing with honest people here. Including many in the Senate and the House. I applaud this effort, but do they really think these criminals will pay any attention or do anything about it?

We are on the edge of a very dangerous cliff, and if we wait much longer, we will never be able to recover.

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:51:46 +0000

“The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine”

By: Freedom Rebel

Freedom Rebel — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:47:12 +0000

Marjorie Cohn, I will send you money if you start disbarment proceedings right away. Then have him thrown in jail to await his trial for War Crimes. John Yoo should not have the luxury of another day of freedom for the rest of his life.

His trial can’t start soon enough for me.

By: Loonie

Loonie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:35:17 +0000

disbarment would be a start.

By: Ms_Joanne

Ms_Joanne — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:53:49 +0000

Yup, exactly!

Write UC – Berkeley and tell them you think so, too. I did. You can too!

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/facultyList.php#faculty

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:31:31 +0000

Hmm, he teaches at Cal Berserkely, but isn’t licensed to the bar in California. Could it be that he isn’t licensed to practice at all? How would he appear before the Circuit (we know he appears to be a fascist Neocon, but from the legal sense…_)?

By: Bushie

Bushie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:21:25 +0000

Yoomama isn’t licensed to practice law in Cal. from what I’ve found at http://www.calbar.ca.gov/ though he is authorized to appear before the 9th Circuit. I’m confused?

By: upside100

upside100 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:16:18 +0000

RUCerious,

If Berkley fired his sorry arse, he would just end up the head of Constitutional Law at Regent U., the spawning grounds of so many of this regime’s “best and brightest” minds in the AG office.

By: JohnR

JohnR — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:14:23 +0000

If the powers that be be had any sense of decency, they would not only disbar hime but bring him up on war crimes.
http://comedianforpresident.com/

By: Lusmu

Lusmu — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:11:36 +0000

That’d be a start…

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:11:00 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, the State of California would be the entity to undertake disbarment.

So DO IT CALI!

And, yes, Berserkely should also fire his fascist ass.