Comments on: No John Yoo, the Framers Didn’t Establish an Election Year Limit on Impeachment https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: AHH https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/#comment-104414 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:58:22 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35174#comment-104414 In reply to Sarah Leitner.

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]]> By: Sarah Leitner https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/#comment-104413 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 19:53:48 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35174#comment-104413 Berkeley was already off the recommended list. Remember who wrote the infamous torture memos. You got it. Yoo.

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]]> By: Jeff Ryan https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/#comment-104339 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:07:09 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35174#comment-104339 In reply to ken.

As a former attorney, it deeply offends me. There is an ethical duty to promote the law and educate the public on legal issues. It is unethical to misinform them.

There is simply no basis in the law or history for Yoo’s claims. Quite the opposite, in fact. And it’s no excuse that he isn’t in a court of law. He is making a legal argument for the obvious purpose of carrying Republican water.

The legal profession has enough problems without blatant ideological prostitution. But then, prostitution in the service of executive overreach is nothing new for Yoo. It was an outrage when UC Berkeley gave him his current sinecure. This is further proof of that mistake.

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/#comment-104338 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:39:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35174#comment-104338 In reply to Jeff Ryan.

Well, Yoo wasn’t actually interpreting the constitution, or actually making any kind of legal argument. He is just misrepresenting history to push for a “we should just let the voters decide” argument. Except, he conveniently leaves out how the voters can’t supeona witnesses or records to determine if Trump committed an impeachable offense.

]]> By: otrotierra https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/17/no-john-yoo-the-framers-didnt-have-an-election-year-limit-on-impeachment/#comment-104336 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:26:02 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35174#comment-104336 Well, Fox “News” can no longer hide behind their “Nothingburger” obfuscation strategy regarding Trump’s treasonous crimes, so why not hide behind John Yoo of George W. Bush’s 2002 “Torture Memo” fame who simply isn’t qualified to address constitutional law?

Such predictable intellectual sloth from Fox “News” is no different than learning about Darwin from Yale Computer Scientist David Gelernter, learning about intersectionality from John MacArthur, learning about dating from Joshua Harris, or learning about honesty from Ravi Zacharias. Someday Fox and their Evangelicals will need to face some hard truths, as truth always prevails, no matter how politically incorrect it is.

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