Thank YOO: "Congress doesn’t have the power to tie the President’s hands in regard to torture"

kpete

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Fri Nov-02-07 04:46 PM
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Thank YOO: "Congress doesn’t have the power to tie the President’s hands in regard to torture"

John Yoo validated the current dilemma we find ourselves in by asserting that the President had powers above and beyond the Constitution and the Congress:

“Congress doesn’t have the power to tie the President’s hands in regard to torture as an interrogation technique....It’s the core of the Commander-in-Chief function. They can’t prevent the President from ordering torture.”

http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/wallach_drop_by_drop_draft_20061016.pdf

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LSparkle

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Fri Nov-02-07 04:53 PM
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1. John YEWWWWWWW ...

I detest that bootlicking toadie ...

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seemslikeadream

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Fri Nov-02-07 04:54 PM
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2. I guess he's right

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0rganism

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Fri Nov-02-07 04:58 PM
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3. they can't prevent him from ordering torture, but they can sure as hell impeach him for it

Wait, what was I thinking? The congressional Democrats would need to evolve vertebrae for that to happen. Nevermind.
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renie408

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Fri Nov-02-07 05:01 PM
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4. Is it just me, or is there something seriously FUCKED UP when somebody

says that torture is the core of the Commander-in-Chief function??

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fasttense

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Fri Nov-02-07 05:01 PM
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5. There is the little matter of the Constitution

Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;...

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

Seems the Constitution defines who has the power to make the rules concerning captures. It doesn't say prisoners, or prisoners of war. It clearly gives Congress the power to determine how those prisoners are treated.

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