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John Yoo Worries About Presidential Presumption
In a New York Times op-ed piece, John Bolton and John Yoo, former Bush administration officials not known for expressing concern about executive branch power grabs, urge Congress to demand that the president respect its constitutional authority...to reject international agreements that ...
John Yoo and John Bolton, Together Again
dailykos.com — Some things defy all attempts at satire. It is not that it is difficult to satirize them,... but that they are immune. Like black holes, they pull all humor near them to a certain event horizon and then beyond, where it is torn to shreds, never to be ... (more) John Yoo and John Bolton, Together Again
Yoo Who?
obsidianwings.blogs.com — by Eric Martin As has been noted in a few other locales (though none with the post-title... eloquence of John Cole ), John Bolton and John Yoo have recently taken to the pages of the New York Times to preemptively warn about, of all things, ... (more) Yoo Who?
Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Former recess-appointed UN ambassador John Bolton writes that “ war in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again... that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed.” Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control ... (more) Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
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HackWatch: John Yoo Edition
Hit & Run — Per Jacob Sullum's post below on the John Yoo/Michael Bolton piece in the New York Times, I think we have a new addition to our HackWatch feature.  Yoo, who under President Bush has argued that the president has the power to unilaterally withdraw from treaties, now wants the Senate to reassert its treaty power, because he fears the sorts of entanglements into which President-Elect Obama might get us enmeshed. Yoo gets an 9 out of 10 on the somewhat-arbitrary Hackery Index.  The only ameliorating factor, here, is that Yoo's hackery seems more issue-oriented than strictly ...

HackWatch: John Yoo Edition
The Agitator — Per Jacob Sullum’s post at Hit & Run on the John Yoo/Michael Bolton piece in the New York Times, I think we have a new addition to our HackWatch feature.  Yoo, who under President Bush has argued that the president has the power to unilaterally withdraw from treaties, now wants the Senate to reassert its treaty power, because he fears the sorts of entanglements into which President-Elect Obama might get us enmeshed. Yoo gets an 9 out of 10 on the somewhat-arbitrary Hackery Index.  The only ameliorating factor, here, is that Yoo’s hackery seems more issue-oriented ...

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