Historians demolish John Yoo for claim Founding Fathers wouldn't want Trump impeached in an election

[turbinetree]

Published 3 mins ago
on October 17, 2019

By Tom Boggioni

Comments made by attorney and law professor John Yoo on Fox News on the Founding Father’s intentions about impeachment received a brutal debunking by two historians — including one of his colleagues at UC Berkeley.

Appearing with Fox News personality Laura Ingraham, lawyer Yoo — who is infamous for providing President George W. Bush’s administration with legal justifications for the torture of prisoners of war — claimed that the Founding Fathers would object to the president being impeached in an election year.

According to Yoo, Democrats are getting it all wrong when they say the Constitution compels them to hold impeachment proceedings against Trump just one year before the election.

“I’m glad they’re reading the Constitution and citing the framers for once but they’ve got it exactly backwards,” Yoo asserted. “What the framers thought was the American people would judge a president at the time of an election, they would have never wanted an impeachment within a year of an election, it’s up to the American people.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/historians-demolish-john-yoo-for-claim-founding-fathers-wouldnt-want-trump-impeached-in-an-election-year/

How does this "guy" have job teaching.............................and teaching Federalist Society...................... BS

[dalton99a]

1. A must read.

He is full of shit

[Goodheart]

2. He's talking out of his ass.

He has no historical support, whatsoever, for that bullshit.

[spanone]

3. Ahhh, the george w bu$h torture guy....

After he left the Department of Justice, it was revealed that Yoo had written legal opinions, including co-writing the Torture Memo of August 1, 2002, that narrowly defined torture and American habeas corpus obligations. They authorized what were called enhanced interrogation techniques and were issued to the CIA.[26][27][28] In addition, at the time the OLC issued a new definition of torture. Most actions that fall under the international definition did not fall within this new definition advocated by the U.S.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo

Sounds like Mitch McConnell justifying why Merrick Garland didn't get a vote for SCOTUS.

[malaise]

5. I only found two words appropriate for this fraud

Fuck Yoo!

[spanone]

6. Bwahahahahahaaaa

[turbinetree]

7. Yepper spot on.............................

[sinkingfeeling]

4. So, what happened to a literal reading of the Constitution?

I thought that was what conservatives demand of all judges. Secondly, he needs to check out impeachment date for Andrew Johnson.....1868, an election year.

[2naSalit]

8. As Kurt

Vonnegut would say, "Go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut!"

[Kid Berwyn]

9. A guy who can justify crushing a child's testicles...

...can be counted on to say anything for money.