The Supreme Court released a decision for Trump v. United States. The far right majority ruled that Presidents are effectively above the law and have absolut...
I was unfamiliar with this guy. His interpretation seems to have held up in practice, although it hinges on definition of war. If by “war” he means a defacto state of war without declaration, then he must have concluded the US is a carte blanche dictatorship, right?
It would be more accurate to say that ‘the court formally codified the policies US presidents have already been using for the last century’.
John Yoo vindicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo#Unitary_executive_theory
I was unfamiliar with this guy. His interpretation seems to have held up in practice, although it hinges on definition of war. If by “war” he means a defacto state of war without declaration, then he must have concluded the US is a carte blanche dictatorship, right?
John Yoo’s whole schtick back then was to run legal cover for the US’ post-9/11 war crimes and crimes against humanity.
lol, that tracks perfectly.