Comments on: The War On The Constitution http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:54:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Justina http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373546 Justina Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:58:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373546 <p>I reviewed John Yoo’s resume on the Boalt Hall website and it makes no mention of Yoo’s ever having been admitted to practice in any jurisdiction. </p> <p>A check of the District of colombia’s Bar Association indicates that he is not a member of that Bar.</p> <p>His lack of bar admissions raises the issue of whether he was practicing law without a license when he was employed by the Justice Department and giving legal advice to the White House.</p> <p>Does anyone out there know what the admission requirements are for Justice Department attorneys who are actively giving legal advice? </p> <p>Maybe it is has always been fine and dandy for their lawyers to be unlicensed, or is this just another nifty illegal innovation on the part of the Bush-Cheney administration.</p> I reviewed John Yoo’s resume on the Boalt Hall website and it makes no mention of Yoo’s ever having been admitted to practice in any jurisdiction.

A check of the District of colombia’s Bar Association indicates that he is not a member of that Bar.

His lack of bar admissions raises the issue of whether he was practicing law without a license when he was employed by the Justice Department and giving legal advice to the White House.

Does anyone out there know what the admission requirements are for Justice Department attorneys who are actively giving legal advice?

Maybe it is has always been fine and dandy for their lawyers to be unlicensed, or is this just another nifty illegal innovation on the part of the Bush-Cheney administration.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373522 Eli Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:46:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373522 <p>It’s not like Berkeley’s a real liberal campus or anything…</p> It’s not like Berkeley’s a real liberal campus or anything…

]]> By: Fern http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373516 Fern Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:43:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373516 <p>Wonder how that rest faculty is taking this - faculty relationships being a blood sport and all.</p> Wonder how that rest faculty is taking this – faculty relationships being a blood sport and all.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373511 Eli Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:41:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373511 <p>I mean, sure, having someone fairly highly placed in the DOJ on your faculty is kind of a feather in your cap… but not if they’re infamous for providing cover for illegal activities.</p> I mean, sure, having someone fairly highly placed in the DOJ on your faculty is kind of a feather in your cap… but not if they’re infamous for providing cover for illegal activities.

]]> By: Fern http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373500 Fern Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:37:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373500 <p>Me neither. No legal practice (assuming constitutional law - his specialty - is something you can practice). Stupid-ass memos. Justifying the unjustifiable. trashing the constitution. </p> <p>Be interesting to see what happens at the school.</p> Me neither. No legal practice (assuming constitutional law – his specialty – is something you can practice). Stupid-ass memos. Justifying the unjustifiable. trashing the constitution.

Be interesting to see what happens at the school.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373486 Eli Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:32:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373486 <p>I’m really not seeing the upside of having him on the law faculty…</p> I’m really not seeing the upside of having him on the law faculty…

]]> By: Fern http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373470 Fern Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:27:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373470 <p>Appears not - he graduated with his fancy-schmancy law degree in 1992 and was teaching at Boalt by 1993. </p> <p>So no place for him to be disbarred from. Convenient.</p> Appears not – he graduated with his fancy-schmancy law degree in 1992 and was teaching at Boalt by 1993.

So no place for him to be disbarred from. Convenient.

]]> By: Peterr http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373446 Peterr Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:18:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373446 <p>SanderO, you have a most remarkable grasp of fear. Even while you rant against “the man,” even while you cry out that all is lost, even while you despair that everything is gone, you take advantage of great freedom.</p> <p>Is the system perfect? Far from it.</p> <p>Is the system better than anything else around. Yes.</p> <p>Either put up or shut up — whining just won’t do.</p> SanderO, you have a most remarkable grasp of fear. Even while you rant against “the man,” even while you cry out that all is lost, even while you despair that everything is gone, you take advantage of great freedom.

Is the system perfect? Far from it.

Is the system better than anything else around. Yes.

Either put up or shut up — whining just won’t do.

]]> By: Justina http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373438 Justina Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:14:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373438 <p>We need our Democratic leaders to hold a “Save the Constitution” Convention where all the Bush-Cheney illegaltires can be addressed and publicized. </p> <p>The media certainly doesn’t explain to the public how our laws and Constitution have been violated. </p> <p>Most people (including I am convinced, our lazy,witless president), have never read the Constitution and don’t have the vaguest idea how illegally the Bush-Cheney cartel has acted.</p> <p>The country is under the control of criminals and we have to restore the rules of our Constitutional law.</p> We need our Democratic leaders to hold a “Save the Constitution” Convention where all the Bush-Cheney illegaltires can be addressed and publicized.

The media certainly doesn’t explain to the public how our laws and Constitution have been violated.

Most people (including I am convinced, our lazy,witless president), have never read the Constitution and don’t have the vaguest idea how illegally the Bush-Cheney cartel has acted.

The country is under the control of criminals and we have to restore the rules of our Constitutional law.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373425 Eli Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:10:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/04/the-war-on-the-constitution/#comment-1373425 <p>You’d think that that passing the bar and practicing law would be a requirement for being, y’know, a LAW PROFESSOR.</p> You’d think that that passing the bar and practicing law would be a requirement for being, y’know, a LAW PROFESSOR.

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