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Vinnie From Indy

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22. Yoo is, quite simply, no more qualified to interpret the Constitution...

Reply to Catherina (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 01:04 AM

Aug 2013

than my dog! He is an abomination and there is no amount of scorn and ridicule that would be too much in regard to this jack-booted thug of a lawyer.

What is amazing to me is that, in some respect, Yoo became the sole arbiter of American freedom during the Bush years. It was grotesque then and it is still grotesque.

He is UC Berkeley's shame now.

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Guy Who Wrote Legal Memos Defending Torture Defends NSA- It Takes Too Long To Obey The Constitution [View all] Catherina Aug 2013 OP

not even trying. b/c it's too difficult. niiiiice. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #1

Fuck Yoo and the Cheney he rode in on. neverforget Aug 2013 #2

Sounds about right. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #3

Unforgivable. tblue Aug 2013 #25

Reminder: "Terrorism" has a very nebulous definition Pholus Aug 2013 #4

Further to your point: when the strong commit terrorism upon the weak, the strong HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #5

It helps to read official statements on surveillance when you... Pholus Aug 2013 #7

John Yoo is a low life fucking piece of shit. Autumn Aug 2013 #6

Exactly this ^^^^^. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #8

Further to your point: when Cheney spoke up in defense of the HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #9

Sadder yet that many on this board fujiyama Aug 2013 #10

hell yes, and you are gonna love this shit right here Autumn Aug 2013 #11

W.T.F. n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #13

Yeah, that's a great big WTF. Autumn Aug 2013 #14

Awfully hard supporting something that john yoo and dick cheney are for... calimary Aug 2013 #29

Jesus Chirst and the sorrow of it is that a great portion gopiscrap Aug 2013 #12

He's a disgrace struggle4progress Aug 2013 #15

Where is he in hiding, anyway? (I can only assume he would be in hiding) nt silvershadow Aug 2013 #16

The transformation is complete. Government has become a business. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #17

If we were still a nation of laws . . . markpkessinger Aug 2013 #18

In a sense he is correct. The POINT of the Constitution is to restrict government action... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #19

the GOP's basically okay with this--I guess opponents aren't just being racist MisterP Aug 2013 #20

Yoo needs JEB Aug 2013 #21

Yoo is, quite simply, no more qualified to interpret the Constitution... Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #22

The original Constitution of America. Iliyah Aug 2013 #23

John Yoo can fuck off. blackspade Aug 2013 #24

And, it's inconvenient! Think how much easier the drug war would be, if cops could just walk into Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #26

Yea, well, he can't be all bad. He defended the drone policy. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #27

Has Yoo ever heard of the Third Amendment? Bolo Boffin Aug 2013 #28

I could argue that the NSA's and FBI's insistence on ISPs installing backdoors... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #31

OMG! accidental truth: Hydra Aug 2013 #30

! hootinholler Aug 2013 #32