Tag Archives: John Yoo

GOP Legal Analyst: Trump Knows He’s Lost NY Case

“I think that Trump has already decided he’s going to lose on the law. Last week, the judge already made all the key findings against him. So what I think President Trump has done is turn this all into a political strategy. “I would say it was the acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, because everything he said, whether …

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Axios: Trump Mulls Strategy To Skirt Law On Policies

Axios reports: President Trump and top White House officials are privately considering a controversial strategy to act without legal authority to enact new federal policies — starting with immigration, administration officials tell Axios. The White House thinking is being heavily influenced by John Yoo, the lawyer who wrote the Bush administration’s justification for waterboarding after 9/11. Yoo detailed the theory …

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