I forgot to post on this earlier in the week, but indeed Marty Lederman taking over the job once held by John Yoo is fantastic news. And, of course, these kinds of actions are even better.
torture Yoo
Well, it's certainly reassuring to see that the author of transparently ridiculous arguments on behalf of an unlimited right for the executive to arbitrarily detain and torture individuals at its.
Although Yoo certainly deserves all of the criticism he's getting today and far more, it's also important to remember that his analysis only meant something because he was telling the.
The Yoo torture memos have finally been declassified. Emily Bazelon cites their "glib certainty," which is part of it. But this would be potentially acceptable if its arguments were more plausible and the implausibilities weren't in service of such reprehensible ends. It's one thing to,...