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John Yoo and Jay Bybee Dodge Disciplinary Action but Recall Nuremberg

Bruce Ledewitz.

Justice Department attorney David Margolis rejected the recommendations of the investigation into the actions of two Bush-era lawyers claiming that the infamous ‘torture memo’ simply constituted ‘poor judgment.’ But John Yoo’s arguments are eerily reminiscent of the Nuremberg Defense and both men still face the judgment of international law and history.

When Freedom Hurts

Louis A. Ruprecht.

Some protesters are calling for the firing of tenured Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo. Is that the right thing to do?